THE secret of true ministry is an overflowing heart. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. If Christ be filling the heart, Christ will be expressed by the believer. There is no effort in overflowing. A vessel overflows because it has been filled to the full, and because the supply is still pouring in. Whatever the gift and eloquence may be, we come round to the truth that a man is but a vessel, and, unless filled with Christ, but an empty vessel. It is not the vessel, but what the vessel contains, which satisfies.