As the year at His Church Leadership College was wrapping up, I felt to challenge the students to not just finish the year by scraping by, but to finish in the overflow of God. We spoke about the areas of their lives where they felt that needed to experience a greater overflow, and how this would carry them through the end of the year while setting them on the right path for the new year.
I would like to challenge us as to where we need to see the overflow of God in our own lives so that we end this year and begin the new year from a position of health. There’s a well-known scripture that says:
“You honour me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings. Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life.”
This speaks about anointing, overflow, blessing and love being part of our lives, for all the days of our lives. There are many of us who are trusting for physical blessing and overflow and I believe that this is included here, but what are the other areas that we need overflow (or increase) in? Areas such as peace, joy, patience, capacity, focus, clarity?
The beautiful thing about overflow is that it touches the lives of those around us. If we allow an overflow to be created in our lives, then the overflow cannot be contained.
If this overflow is physical blessing I hope that we are able to bless others. If this overflow is joy, perhaps this joy will touch the life of someone who is facing hard times. Perhaps an overflow of peace in your life can bring healing to others. Maybe an overflow of capacity makes you can be more dependable to those around you.
Another scripture that paints such a beautiful image of how an overflow can change not just you, but lives and communities around you. Psalm 65:11 (NIV) says, “You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.” What a beautiful thought if we let go and allow His blessing to finish our year in an abundance of overflow. The same scripture in another version (TPT) says, “You crown the earth with the fruits of your goodness. Wherever you go, the tracks of your chariot wheels drip with oil.” While we are not going around in our chariots or pushing our carts picture your footsteps and everywhere you go there should be an overflow leaving a trail of “oil” that others will benefit from. There is healing in overflow. We have to allow God to heal the places in our lives that are in need. Let Him finish our year and don’t let the year finish us.
So bring God the dry, desperate, at-the-end of yourself places in your life and allow Him to release something new, to crown your year with His blessing, to create an overflow in your life. Then let that overflow leave a trail in every encounter and interaction so that others are touched by His overflow in you and through you. Let your chariot wheels drip…