I Filled the Cup Perfectly...Then Left It at Home

OurChurch Family Gathering · Sep 28, 2026

I once filled a candy cup so perfectly — every gap packed, every corner used — that I was genuinely impressed with myself. Then I left it at home and went to the movies. Nobody ever got to eat it. That true story sits at the centre of this message: what's the point of being filled if nothing ever flows out? We unpack why chasing "the perfect you" through self-improvement culture is exhausting and ultimately unwinnable — and why God offers something different instead: a healed version of you, closer to who you were always meant to be. From there we trace the entire theme of the Book of Isaiah…