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What Spills Out?
A friend of Hudson Taylor once told of some counsel that the missionary gave from his long experience in China, to some young recruits who were just entering the missionary field:
Taylor poured out a glass of water and filled it to the brim. Then while speaking, he struck the table with a hard blow. As the water spilled out, he said, “Here in China you get many a nasty knock. You will come up against much criticism and doubt. But remember that when you do, whatever you are full of will spill out.”
How true this is of us all, whether we are at home, at school, at work, with the world, or with other believers. What spilled out of you the last time somebody said an unkind thing or performed an uncharitable act against you? Was it self? Or was it Christ? Remember the words of the Lord Jesus Himself, when He said: “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh” (Luke 6:45).
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