It Will Be Measured to You

mark 4 study

And he said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you."

    Do you yearn for God's Word?  Do you crave His knowledge and wisdom?  Do you look forward to the things God reveals to you personally?  The word "measure" means "attitude" in this text.  If you anticipate God's instruction, if you get excited about His Word, if you thirst for righteousness, then it will be given to you.  God wants us to be hearers of His Word but also doers.  James 1:22-25 says, "But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.  For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.  For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.  But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing."  We are blessed by knowledge and wisdom, when we hunger for it.  To reiterate what James said- if we hear the Word of God but don't do what it says, we are hearing it, but not receiving it.  I encourage you to be doers, not just hearers.  To connect this text with Mark 4: if all you are is a hearer and don't obey what you hear and let Jesus change you with His Word, then a hearer you may always be.  If you do what you hear and let Jesus transform you by His Word, then you will grow into deeper understanding of who He is and what the Word says about Him.  You will not only be given knowledge but also blessing. 
Are you only hearing what the Word says, or are you doing what it says too? Are you letting it change your heart or are you trying to live life under your control? Are you hungry for God's Word and His instruction?  I challenge you to answer these questions- then respond as the Holy Spirit prompts. 


~Leanne~