How many blessings are you going to receive from the Word of God? It depends on how many you expect to receive. When God measures them out to you, He’ll be using your measuring stick, not His own. He always works that way.

Two people can hear God’s Word about healing, for example. One will measure it with faith. « Praise God, by His stripes I was healed! » he’ll say. « I believe that with all my heart, and I’m going to keep on believing it until I receive my healing. »

The other will measure it with skepticism. « I don’t care what Bible verses he comes up with, » he’ll say. « I just don’t trust that preacher. I’ll give this healing stuff a try, but I doubt very much if anything’s going to come of it. »

Both of those people will get exactly what they expect. God will measure to them just as they measured the Word. One will get healed…the other won’t.

I must warn you though, sometimes measuring the Word with faith is hard. Years ago, when Gloria first read the scripture, « Owe no man anything, » it was tempting for her to measure it as a curse, not a blessing. We were living in a terrible little house at the time, and she wanted a new one more than just about anything.

How were we ever going to buy a decent house without borrowing? It didn’t seem possible. So, to her, it was as if that scripture had said, « Gloria, you can’t have a new house. »

But she refused to measure it that way. She grabbed the devil by the throat and said, « Look here now, you’re not going to cheat me out of my house. » Then she started believing that somehow God could provide her with a house debt free. Sure enough, He did.

If you want to receive blessings by the bushel load, start going to the Word with a bushel basket. Put a big measure of faith in the hand of God. He’ll fill it to overflowing and give it right back to you!