THE OVERFLOWING LIFE

Giving me life, Exceedingly life, Abundantly overflowing, Overwhelming, More than I can dream; You’re giving me life. – “Life” by William McDowell

As we entered into the second half of this year, a particular question was so strong in my spirit. The more I pushed it aside, the stronger it became and here is the question: What kind of life does God promise us as His children? Am I living that kind of life? The more I thought about it, the more I realized that God intends for us to live an OVERFLOWING LIFE!.

The moment we surrender our lives to Christ, we automatically have access to this overflowing life because “anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” 2Corinthians 5:17 NLT.

Overflow means the excess or surplus not able to be accommodated by an available space. For our lives to overflow to others, we must first be and remain full ourselves. The kind of life that God wants for us is the kind that is full and then overflows to others.

Overflow with abundance

You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies; You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings .Psalms. 23:5 NLT

God has not called us to a life of mediocrity, struggle, or poverty. He has not called us to living from paycheck to paycheck, barely making ends meet, full of anxiety and stress. Friends, He has called us to a life that overflows with abundance and blessings; a life that does not know lack even in drought season and during the pandemic; a life that completely trust God to supply every need.

I have the habit of calculating what I can afford and cannot afford. Then a friend told me “How can you trust God for provision when you are always calculating every penny, it takes your focus off God and how He can meet your needs in various ways and places all your focus on your PAYCHECK”. It was a hard truth. The more I’m learning to trust God with my finances, the more I’m realizing that He’s indeed Jehovah Jireh.

God’s purpose is for our lives to be filled with abundance and also overflow to others. When you overflow, please help others in need as well.

You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathway overflow with abundance – Ps.65:11 NLT

Overflow with love

The competition, envy, jealously, intolerance, superiority, and inferiority are choking out the remaining fragments of real love in this world. We live in a world with a different definition of love: the kind of love that repays kindness with kindness and evil with evil, loving only with special benefits/favors, and even confusing lust with love. As believers, we sometimes get caught up in that web of bogus love.

 It is often true that we do not feel like loving some people because of our perceptions of them or their wrongdoings. To love one another is a commandment; it is not a choice or the state of our feelings. That was why Paul prayed for the Thessalonians that God will cause their love for one another to GROW. Jesus also have us a commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. John 13:34.

Love grows when we learn to start accepting people for who they are, overlooking their faults through the lens of grace, and forgiving others just as we have also received forgiveness. When our love for others grows, it will become full and overflow, and then our lives will overflow with love.

Friends, we can be the difference this world need when we overflow with love.

I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. Philippians 1:9NLT.

Don’t live a life of regret!Let there be a monumental shift in your identity, mindset, and perspective. Launch into the overflowing life that God intends for you.

To be continued…….

Shalom@TheJoyofhisPresence