poured out

just got back from africa and one of my assignments is to type up the "coke bottle" illustration. (mike says that i am the master of it. lol.) the main point is that we "spill" on those around us, and what spills out is what is within us - NO MATTER what the label says...

anyway, since i got home, i've come across some "pouring" references:

2 Timothy 4:6 "i am already being poured out as a drink offering..."

Philippians 2:17 "even if i am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith..."

and thinking about being an offering:

Romans 12:1 "... present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship."

hmmm... i wanna do more studying on the topic, but if i remember - the drink offering was just kinda dumped out onto the rest of the offering on the altar. guess it reinforces for me that i am not so important. so often, i am the center of the universe and it's all about me... but it's not me... i'm just sposed to be poured out....