Overflowing: Giving up Half-empty and Half-full

Overflowing.

It paints a picture of filling and fullness spilling over in our lives.

Whether our current days of uncertainty rob our joy.

Or, we scramble for resources we fear are not available.

And even in times of abundance, when life seems good and our source secure.

The Lord wants us to remember, He is our true source. 

Our battle cry in this world becomes: “Lord, fill me.” 

But do we remember to go to the true source of everlasting joy and peace? Are we confident the Lord fills us with good and true things? Have we realized God’s fullness seeps into every corner and crevice of our empty places?

To answer these questions, let’s look at 3 points to keep us overflowing in God.

(1.) Remember our cup’s not half-empty or half-full but overflowing in God.

We no longer need to live with the perspective of the half-empty or half-full cup. And we no longer do just enough to get by until more is required to fill our own cup. Instead, we ask the Lord to give us the strength to run to Him for everything we need. Because these are promises found in His Word.

“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows” (Psalm 23:5).

“For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things” (Psalm 107:9 NIV).

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it” (Psalm 81:10).

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