It was morning. The teacher came to my room holding a little clay jar. “A question,” he said. “Can that which is little contain that which is big?” “No,” I answered.
“Can that which is finite encompass that which is infinite?” “No,” I said again.
“But it can,” he replied.
“How?”
He lifted the jar, uncapped it and then said, “It can. It can if it is an open vessel. An open vessel has no limitations. It now can contain the blowing of the wind or the outpouring of the rain. It could even contain the flowing of a river.”
“It would take a long time to contain a river,” I said.
“It could take forever, but the principle is the same,” he answered.


I asked him why he was showing me this. He replied with another question.
“Which is larger, that which you know or that which you don’t know?”
“That which I don’t know, I would think.” I said.
“So then, it is only wise that you seek that which you don’t know.”
“I guess so.”
“But how do you contain that which is bigger than you… that which is bigger than your ability to comprehend?”
“By becoming an open vessel,” I said.
“Yes,” said the teacher. “Only by opening yourself up can you come to know that which you don’t already know. And only by becoming an open vessel can you contain Him who is greater than you. The truth is always greater than our knowing. Your mind and heart are finite clay jars. But the truth has no end. God has no end. The Eternal is infinite… always flowing.”
“Like the river,” I said.
“Yes,” he said, “when the jar opens itself, it becomes unlimited. It can contain the waters of the river…”

(From the Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn) 

The challenge for you today is to open your mind, your heart, and your life. For it is only an open vessel, an open heart and an open life that can contain the infinity of a limitless and boundless God. The gentle Holy Spirit will not force His way in; rather, He will wait outside until we give Him access into our lives. Only an open vessel in the hands of an infinite God can release the fragrance of a loving redeeming Saviour.

Shalom.

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