For too long, I have viewed my role in this life as being filled up to pour out. Over the last week, through an incredible pastor who spoke at IGNITE camp, I have come to realize that the view I held was distorted. By being filled up, then pouring out, then filling up, et cetera over and over again, there are inevitably periods of time in which the vessel is empty. It is those empty moments between pouring out and being refilled that have often been very difficult to navigate.
This past week, I watched in awe as I was shown a different way to pour out. Instead of being filled up to the brim and then pouring out until the vessel is empty, the vessel was poured into until it was overflowing into a bucket beneath it. In this way, the vessel was pouring out, but without ever becoming empty. the vessel was pouring out from the overflow.
In the same way, we are called to pour out from the overflow. God wants to pour into our lives until we are overflowing into others lives. Once we understand this and position ourselves accordingly, there is nothing that cannot be done and no one that cannot be reached. I am excited for this new season of pouring into others from the overflow of what God is pouring into me through His presence, His Word, and words from His people.
No comments:
Post a Comment