Day 13

Is your life overflowing?..
If you’re like most people, it may be overflowing—but not with goodness. So many people have overbooked their calendars, overspent their money, overdrawn their credit, overloaded their emotions, overworked their bodies, overcrowded their days, and overvalued the approval of others..
As a result, they wind up overstressed, overanxious, and overwhelmed—and they’re over it! They are far from experiencing the goodness of God..
Why do we let ourselves get overextended?..
Often the fear of missing out motivates us to do more. But the truth is you’re not missing out on anything when you rest in the goodness and provision of God..
God wants to move you from being overwhelmed to overflowing. He wants to meet all your needs—and He can!..
First, you need to recognize two fundamentally different approaches to life that either keep you from God’s abundance or bring you into God’s abundance: a shortage mindset and a surplus mindset..
With a shortage mindset, you constantly think, “I don’t have enough time. I don’t have enough money. I don’t have enough energy. I don’t have enough contacts, opportunities, knowledge, education, or whatever.” It’s the sense that you’re always a day late and that amount of money short. A shortage mindset focuses on your limited resources, and the result is an overwhelmed life..
A surplus mindset focuses on God’s limitless resources, and the result is an overflowing life..
Have you ever worried that the person breathing next to you is stealing your air? Of course not. You know that God created more than enough air for everybody to have all the air we need..
The Bible includes words like abundance, plentiful, abounding, and bountiful to describe what God has to offer you. God has more than enough to meet all your needs and everybody else’s needs at the same time..
Need courage, strength, money, patience? When you put your faith and trust in Christ, God will meet all your needs..
God will never forsake those who seek Him. He will provide for our financial, physical, and spiritual needs..
When we are generous in our giving of finances, talents, and our time for God’s kingdom, God delights in being even more generous to us than we are to Him. We can’t out-give God!..
Where you center your attention determines how you think and make decisions, which ultimately determines your path..
The Lord knows your needs. God is able to meet your needs..
He wants us to talk with Him about our concerns, depending on Him for guidance and provision. The goal should be to voice our concerns and then leave the method and timing of answering them to Him with thanksgiving, trusting and acting in His wisdom to do what is best..
“And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus…..” (Philippians 4:19)