Have you ever been so excited about something that you tried to tell it all? Whenever we try to tell it all, what we do tell gets lost in the telling. We’ve all met the person who tried to tell us every detail of their summer vacation including every photograph, slide, video and restaurant receipt. What began as something interesting ended up being a nightmare because our friend tried to tell it all. During the Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton scandal the media tried to tell the world all that was done. Entire sections of newspapers carried transcripts of tapes. Websites were flooded with morsels of gossip and radio and television stations played hours upon hours of tapes on the air. They told the public so much that the people tired of hearing it. They tried to tell it all and told too much.

   When does a crowd scream “encore?” Does it cry “encore” when it has had too much, or when it thirsts for more? When a great pianist plays a sampling of his skill, he titillates the spirit just enough that there is a desire for more. When a great singer lifts our spirits and leaves us longing for more, there is a desire for just one more song! A lovely evening that is romantically inspiring leaves us dangling and yearning for more!

   However, too much of anything is a bore. No matter how great the movie, if it’s too long the public won’t see it. No matter how great the performer, after a while even his best fans will walk out the door one at time. One sage put it this way, “Too much water will drown a frog!”

   Even when it comes to testifying about the goodness of the Lord, how much is enough? There are many, in their zeal to testify about God’s goodness, testify so much that they drown their co-workers in testimony. There are testimonies about financial blessings. There are testimonies….

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