“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.”
The Treasure
Jesus describes the return on genuine giving with striking specificity: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over. This is not merely an equal return, but generous, overflowing abundance, described with deliberate emphasis on its fullness, exceeding what was originally given rather than simply matching it.
Notice the specific mechanism named: with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. This describes a genuine, reliable pattern, not a guaranteed formula for personal enrichment through calculated giving, but a real principle about how giving and receiving are actually connected, the measure you use shaping the measure eventually returned.
This should encourage generous, rather than merely cautious or minimal, giving. If the same measure genuinely governs what is eventually returned, giving with pressed down, shaken together, running over generosity is different from giving with careful, minimal calculation, the return this verse describes flowing from the actual measure used to give.
Consider today whether your own giving has settled into careful, minimal measure, or whether it reflects the pressed down, running over generosity this verse describes. Give today, deliberately, with the fuller measure, trusting this verse’s promise about what measure is eventually, genuinely returned.
Steward the Treasure
- Examine whether your giving has settled into minimal, careful measure.
- Give today with fuller, more generous measure, deliberately, trusting this verse’s pattern.
- Notice the specific connection this verse names between the measure given and the measure returned.
Prayer
Lord, let me give with good measure, pressed down and running over, not careful, minimal calculation. Teach me to trust the pattern this verse describes. Amen.
Carry this today
The measure you give shapes the measure eventually returned.