Overflow

Another song I like from the Chris Tomlin album Not to Us that I’m benefitting from is Overflow. I had a thought about it while driving home from my good friend Nathan Carr’s house. Part of the lyrics are:

Like a waterfall You fill my heart to overflow
Like a candle flame You light my way and lead me as I go.

The thought occurred to me: to overflow implies that you’ve been filled. If we’re to overflow in love to others, we must be filled with Him. And we cannot do that. I cannot generate an interest to be filled, much less make the filling happen. I’m entirely and absolutely dependent upon Him for this (hence my interest in the Edwards sermon I’ve referenced before).

If I’m to love like I’m commanded to in the Scripture, it must be the overflow of joy in God. And I’m entirely dependent upon Him for that glimpse of His glory.

So many thoughts, so little time to write them down….