Do We Overflow?

“Do We Overflow?”

By Zach Wood

Colossians 2:6-7 NLT

And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.  Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

We have all had experiences with something that overflows.  The kitchen sink or bathtub faucet is left unattended and, before we know it, we have a lake forming on the floor.  If you poor pop into a cup too fast, it ends up fizzing and overflows.  If a pipe gets clogged somewhere in a house, in a business building or in the street, there will be overflowing somewhere. 

Does this overflowing problem catch attention?  You bet it does!  People tend to move pretty fast and take notice when there’s an overflowing problem, no matter what or where it is.  It causes people to take action.  The action of overflowing draws attention.  It does not go unnoticed very long.  People are often affected by it, sometimes even dramatically. 

As I think of this concept and the attention it draws, I cannot help but think about our lives as Christians and the love of God that should overflows in our lives.  Are we drawing attention by the way we live our lives for God?  Are our lives filled with overflowing thankfulness for others to see?  If we are truly filled with God, we will overflow and won’t be able to contain what He has given us.  Our lives will naturally ooze His aroma of love and compassion.

I think we would all agree that we desire for our lives to overflow with thankfulness.  The life of Christ we have inside gives us every reason to overflow with constant thankfulness.  When we trust Christ each day and follow Him, our faith grows stronger and His love flows out of us to draw people to Him.  We want to draw the attention of others to Him through our love and actions. 

I want my daily life to overflow with God’s love and thankfulness for all He has done.  I’m ashamed to admit that often my attitude is not filled with thankfulness and that I’m not overflowing with God’s love.  I struggle with the selfishness and fleshly desire to please myself only.  I forget that my mission in life is to show His love at all times and not be self-centered. 

I hope we are all challenged to overflow with thankfulness so that others cannot help but be drawn to what overflows out of us.  May they be drawn to the Jesus Christ and all He has done in our lives.