Daily life with Jesus by Grahame Howard: Living in the overflow

"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly"

John 10:10b

It is God's desire that we live in the overflow of life; not just having enough but, more than enough, so that we can bless others with our wealth. I'm not saying that it's God wish for us all to be millionaires; not at all. But He wants us to have an overflow - more than enough, with no more scrimping and scraping. David wrote in Psalm 23:5:'My cup runs over.' Now that really is an example of overflow. There are many resources around us often willing to help - at a cost. However, the only source we need is Jesus Christ and His well never runs dry.

We saw from yesterday's reading that, the devil will do all he can to steal from us, kill us or our plans and/or destroy us. On the other hand, we have a God who wants to bless us with all we need - abundantly. In fact, He is the God of Superabundance and He wants us to never lack anything: 'But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing' Psalm 34:10. He is committed to us and wants us to be committed to Him in the same manner.

I like what the New Living Translation says about John 10:10b 'My purpose is to give them a rich satisfying life' How does this sound to you? Is your life rich and satisfying? It should be because this is God's intention for His people. As we've seen from yesterday, there is a need to be careful because at the first sign of blessing, the devil will try and steal it away or, kill the moment. Oral Roberts says:

'As you give your total self to God, God gives His total self to you. Jesus said that He came to give life - in fullness, abundance and prosperity. Your first step to experiencing full biblical prosperity is to believe that it is God's highest desire for you. The next step is to line up your highest desire with His.' Copyright Oral Roberts

God wants us to live in blessing; His word to us in Philippians 4:19 informs us: 'And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.' Jesus wasn't rich but, He definitely was not poor either. He had what He needed at any given time, rather like what I am saying. Barclay says: ‘There is a myth that Jesus wore expensive, designer clothes - His gown after-all, was seamless. Now this may have been made by His mother, we don't know. But just because the soldiers threw lots for His clothes, does not make them really expensive. We just don't know. One of the perks for soldiers, was that, at an execution they would divide the clothes, taking what they wanted. At Jesus' crucifixion, there would have been four soldiers but all Jews would have wore 5 pieces of clothing which included shoes. Therefore, when it came to who would have the seamless gown, they would have drew lots to see who the lucky man would have been. (Info William Barclay)

As I've said, in human terms, He had what He needed, His Father was not tight with Him. And He is not tight with us either. He wants you to be blessed so that, you can bless others. Therefore, get closer to Jesus; live for Him and your cup will overflow! That's a promise.

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