THERE had been a copious shower, and before the vessel appointed to receive the water, stood a witness to the bounty of the shower—a large pool. By the pool stood an old man, complaining of the vessel, “It won’t take it, it is not large enough!” What a suggestive picture. There stand we, like the old man, in our narrow-heartedness, failing to contain the showers of divine blessing poured upon us. We complain of our straitened experiences, of so much of God’s goodness never entering our hearts. The truth is, we only take in so much as our hearts are capable of receiving, though the blessing is showering all around us.
“Lord, when wilt Thou enlarge my heart?”