A moment of overflow
Posted on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Picture yourself holding a pitcher of water. Now picture yourself trying to fill up a cup with water from the pitcher. And now put your imagination to work…imagine that cup moving around like a fly that you’re trying to swat…speedily heading in every other direction beside the direction you think it might go…at light speed.
If that fly were a cup, and you were holding that pitcher trying to fill it, you most certainly would have trouble filling it. There would be water all over the floor from trying to pour it into the cup. And, if the cup were flying around like that, the water that may have landed inside of it surely would be splashing out all over the place.
I know it’s weird…but sometimes I think that’s how God feels.
We think we have to do a million things. We think we have to work hard to please Him.
But really, I firmly believe he wants us to find rest. Because once we slow down to realize He is right there with us…guiding us…talking with us…loving us…He fills us up. We finally slow down enough to take in all He has for us. And then, the cup starts overflowing. Overflowing with that same goodness He fills us up with. It’s an overflow that builds a desire to love and serve others the same way we are loved and served by Him. You know it’s overflow when you can’t seem to turn it off. But you don’t have overflow if you don’t slow down enough to find rest in Him…in His grace. Because nothing you can do, learn or understand can make Him love you more…or less.
Those moments of overflow are humbling. They’re humbling because you feel loved in spite of yourself. They’re humbling because you see purpose in spite of yourself. They’re humbling because you’re empowered to be His hands and feet in spite of yourself.
They’re humbling because you realize your life is a meant to be a vessel of His goodness.
That’s what happened to me on Sunday…a moment of overflow…
Click here to listen to the very first message I ever shared as a pastor at Bloom (Religiously Transmitted Diseases, part 2)…God never ceases to amaze me.
How you see me Dawn is even humbling. I love you speaking. I love you blogging. I love you being dispursed in this world. You are blooming and your seeds go far 'n wide not just because of your deep heart and compassion for everyone you meet but especially for your empathy for people that don't get heard and never reach out to be helped. Your seed spreads b/c of this blog. Thank you for loving me and seeing me. I have bloomed too:)