![]() ![]() We are urged to be filled with the Spirit as well (Ephesians 5:18 Galatians 5:16, 25). The Bible records many mighty things done when people were filled with (i.e., controlled by) the Holy Spirit (Exodus 31:2–3 Ezekiel 43:5 Luke 1:67 Acts 4:31). ![]() We can bear everlasting fruit for God’s kingdom, and we can overcome impossible challenges when the Holy Spirit fills our hearts until our “cup runneth over.” In Christ we can have overflowing joy, overflowing love, and overflowing peace. He is not stingy, nor are His blessings confined to temporal things. Paul continues that theme in Ephesians 3:20 and describes God as the One “who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.” Romans 8:37 promises that we are “more than conquerors through Him who loves us.” The message echoed in each passage is that of God’s excessive grace and provision for every area of our lives. Jesus reflected God’s generosity when He said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). The Bible emphasizes the excessive love, blessing, and power that God desires to pour out on those who love Him (Malachi 3:10 Lamentations 3:22 Psalm 108:4). This abundance is not limited to material blessings under the Old Covenant, but it also includes the Holy Spirit’s future outpouring upon all who ask (Luke 11:13 Acts 2:1–4). ![]() The Lord not only gives His people what they need (Psalm 23:1–2), but He supplies abundance in the midst of difficult times (verse 5). The emphasis of Psalm 23 is the Good Shepherd’s loving care for His sheep (cf. Other versions say “my cup overflows.” A cup runs over when it cannot hold all that is being poured into it. And a good waitress/waiter takes that signal as your desire for coffee.The phrase my cup runneth over is the King James Version’s wording of Psalm 23:5. And if you desire coffee, you just turn your cup right-side up. In most good resturants the coffee cups are placed up-side down on the saucer. STEP ONE IS TO TURN YOUR CUP RIGHT SIDE UP! In particular, in our GIVING, OUR FINANCES.Īnd so, our concern tonight is HOW DO WE GET TO THIS RUNNING OVER STAGE IN OUR WALK WITH THE LORD? WHAT ARE THE STEPS INVOLVED IN GOING FROM A TRICKLE TO RUNNING OVER? OVER THING that is missing in most of our lives and OVER!!! It’s that Spillage, that Overflow, that RUN I tell you, Possessing and Feeling the Lord’s Anointing on Your Life will cause YOUR CUP TO RUN And knowing that the Lord will Bring You Thru, you can look forward to His Perfect Provisions - He prepares a Table before me, He Anoints My Head with Oil. Maketh Me,He Restoreth My Soul.And in time of Trouble, to rest upon His Awesome Presence and Protection-Yea, though I walk thru the valley. This Overflow comes as a direct result of Following the Lord’s Liberating Leadership - He Leadeth Me, He John 10:10, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it More Abundantly."ĭavid tells us in Psalm 23:5 that he is experiencing that "Overflow." The "Overflow" is only experienced by those Sheep who have declared the LORD to be their Only Shepherd, and are seeking to bring every aspect of their life under the Total Lordship of Jesus Christ. Jesus said that one of His objectives for entering this time-space continuum, which we call Earth, was that we might have life on a permanent basis, and that we might enjoy the possession of living More Abundantly. ![]()
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