“We are to be centers through which Jesus can flow as rivers of living water in blessing to everyone. Some of us are like the Dead Sea, always taking in but never giving out, because we are not rightly related to the Lord Jesus. As surely as we receive from Him, He will pour out through us, and in the measure He is not pouring out, there is a defect in our relationship to Him. Is there anything between you and Jesus Christ?”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917), My Utmost for His Highest (Grand Rapids: Discovery House, 1963), excerpt from September 7 reading.