Overflowing God, Overflowing People // Overflow // Pastor Preston Bostwick

When you picture overflow, what comes to mind? Perhaps you think of coffee spilling over the edges of a mug, water flowing over a dam, or the space just outside a packed concert venue. God is a God of overflow. He desires for us to have a life overflowing with His character — too much hope to keep inside, peace spilling over the edges, love saturating everything in and around us.But in order to overflow, something must first be filled. We cannot fill ourselves up by working harder, serving more, or by being good enough. Overflow is the opposite of striving — it flows freely from within. God doesn’t ask us to earn fullness. Jesus already earned it for us. So we can operate in God’s joy as His ambassadors and children, pouring out to others as a result of an overflow instead of effort.