OVERFLOW FROM THE HEART

What is overflowing in your life? Look at what Paul said, “[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him…and that I may in that same way come to know the power of outflowing from His resurrection…” (Phil. 3:10, AMP)

Do you want Jesus’ resurrection power to flow in your life? You will when you are standing beside the bed of a loved one who is sick and needs healing. You will when your child or adult child needs a miracle. You will when the phone call comes advising of the negative report. We must be like Joshua and Caleb, choosing to stay in agreement with God, and declare, “We are well able” because of Jesus and His resurrection power.

Do you want the resurrection power of Jesus to flow in your life now? Then take time to get to know Him! The more you spend time in His Presence and fellowship with Him, the more you’re going to look like Him, act like Him and talk like Him.

Think about it for a moment. When you spend time with strong believers, you begin to take on their way of talking, and sometimes their mannerisms. When you spend time with Jesus by reading His Word and being still—sitting in quiet times in fellowship—listening and reflecting, you will become more like Jesus.

If you spend too much time watching secular television, or even watching the news—doubt, unbelief, and negative speaking will show up in your language and reactions. You may very well end up being like the world and find yourself living in fear instead of faith!

Make a decision to know God—to become more intimately acquainted with Him. I am not talking about ministry meetings, church, classes, or doing things with God—I am talking about spending quality time in His Presence one-on-one. While connecting with other believers will encourage you and are great ways to be ignited, I am talking about digging into the Word of God for yourself on a daily basis.

Spending time with Jesus brings increase of His anointing in your life. You may need that when someone close to you is facing death, your child needs healing, or you need a breakthrough in any area. Make a quality decision today—make changes to spend time with people who are on-fire for God and stop listening to naysayers. More importantly, set aside a time on a daily basis to spend time in God’s Word. Read the Bible and get it inside heart—so that it becomes part of the very fabric of your being.

Your future is stored up in your heart. Remember, what you give attention to is what will be on the inside of you. Then, it will overflow!

Jesus said in Matthew 12:34-35, “You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him” (NIV). What is stored up in you?

As Christians, we grieve the Holy Spirit by not obeying Him. This will give us greater reason to guard our hearts from wrong influences. Spend time with Jesus daily and experience His anointing overflowing to others and bringing change in your personal life as well.

Dr. Deborah Starczewski