Your Glass Isn't Empty

 “You can’t pour from an empty glass.”

I’m sure you’re familiar with the above phrase and it’s probably safe to say that you can’t do a whole lot with an empty cup.  You’ve also heard the follow up remarks like “You’ve got to take care of yourself before you can take care of others”. 

These phrases are usually said in reference to our emotional or spiritual state; however, our cups are never empty.  We are either full of the Lord or full of ourselves.

Proverbs says it well: As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person (Proverbs 27:19).  We think, process, and respond according to what is most important to us; according to what fills us.

I like to say what is in the well comes out of the bucket.  What we put in the “well” of our hearts will be what flows out into every aspect of our lives.  The good news is, what occupies our hearts and minds; what is in our “well”, is up to us. 

Our glass is not empty, but we do have a choice in what fills it.

“Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable – if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy-dwell on these things.”

 Philippians 4:8

What are you dwelling on?  Who are you allowing to fill your cup?

It is my prayer that we would allow the Lord to fill us so that it is through Him that we do everything else.