"My cup runs over." (Psalm 23:5)
So sang the psalmist. With what was his cup filled so lavishly? He tells us: "The Lord is the portion ... of my cup." (Psalm 16:5)
He had an overflowing measure of the Lord. What is the nature of this drink? It is life, eternal life. "[He is] the Fountain of living waters." (Jeremiah 2:13)
And we can say the same that the psalmist did; for, "Of His fullness have all we received." (John 1:16)
He has come that we might have life, and that we might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10) Out of our overflowing cup of life we are to drink until we are also full to overflowing, and from us must flow forth rivers of living water for the refreshment of others. (John 7:38)--Present Truth, November 6, 1902--Original title: Back Page--Psalm 23:5.