Scripture Post #385: *PRESSED, SHAKEN & RUNNING OVER*

Luke 6:38: "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."

 

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JESUS is speaking here (Luke 6:38). 

"…Shall men give into your bosom."

The word "bosom" used here is "κόλπος" (kolpos), a Greek word wich means: the bosom of a garment, i.e. the hollow formed by the upper forepart of a rather loose garment bound by a girdle or sash, used for keeping and carrying things (the fold or pocket). 

So basically, "You reap what you sow", is likened to what this Scripture means. But in terms of tangible reaping and sowing—giving and receiving money. 

I like the way Pastor Cynthia Brazelton described this Scripture in one of her Sermons. She said that when you get popcorn in a bucket and want to utilize the bucket as best you can to carry as much popcorn as possible, you press the popcorn down in the bucket to fit more popcorn in it. Then you shake the bucket so that it allows more space for even more popcorn to fit in the bucket. And then you fill that bucket up to the point that the popcorn runs over and spills out, overtopping the bucket. ("…Pressed down, and shaken together, and running over.") That's what Luke 6:38 means by, "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom…" 

We can't expect to receive "The Popcorn Way" without giving the same way. Because JESUS said, "…For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." Receiving "The Popcorn Way" comes after giving "The Popcorn Way". 

Give and receive this way—"The Popcorn Way"!

Originally Published: Wed. 10/2/13