A little boy five years of age said to his teacher, as they went to walk one day,
“Tell me a story. Please do tell me a story.” As this was his daily request, the teacher said to him, “How can you expect me to have so many stories to tell you? You know, no matter how full a pitcher may be, if you are always drinking from it, it will be empty at last.” The little boy understood her meaning very well, and quickly replied, “O, but you should put the pitcher under a spout.”
May not we all take a lesson from the little boy, and remember that no human vessel can ever be a fountain in itself; the best filled vessel will become exhausted unless it is constantly refreshed from the Word of God. If we cannot, in the first instance, teach the love of God in Christ, without having tasted ourselves, and seen that Christ is precious; no more can we be the means of instructing and refreshing others without daily drinking at the fountain of eternal love, and constant study of the Word of God.
“If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7:37-3837In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:37‑38)).