You know how in Psalm 23 it says, “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
You might have even prayed “God let my cup overflow!” But I was listening to DawnChere Wilkerson share about how God showed her that scripture in a new way and it was SO good.
When a cup overflows in your house, what happens? Milk is spilling all over the counter, maybe juice is all over your toddler’s pants, maybe the dog is slurping up that smoothie off the floor and down the cabinets.
When a cup overflows, it usually comes with a mess.
Sometimes we assume that just because God has a plan and a miracle and something amazing in store for us that it means it will come in a beautifully wrapped package. But a lot of the time, the miracle comes with a little bit of a mess.
It’s not a bad thing! It’s a great thing actually.
Because God refines us in those messes! God gets to put together the broken pieces in the most beautiful way. And He gets to get the glory! He is faithful to overflow our cup with goodness, peace, joy and love! And He gets to build us into the best version of us in the process.
So while you’ve been hoping and praying, you might have been a little confused why things are looking a little messy – the mess is part of the process. And God is the ULTIMATE organizer. He’s got this! And He’s got you! Don’t give up hope!
Kristen James
Midday Show Host, STAR 99.1
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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈’𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲. 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐈’𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 ‘𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝟐𝟗:𝟏𝟏’
‘ 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮,’ 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, ‘𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. ‘
𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧.
So Great, Kristen!!!! Yes, “the mess is part of the process” – absolutely!!! We should not give up then and there – God will put our mess and our lives back together – Patience, hope, and trust in His plan are all we need!!! Thank You, Kristen!!! We love your positivity It’s beautifully contagious!!!!
Yes the cup is overflowing! Working long hours to provide for my family , my wife is not working and having a very hard time finding a job. . So i am not home a lot to help guide my 2 kids with homework and life challenges. Believing God will never give us more than we can handle goes along with the cup overflow mess . God is there with us making sure a little mess doesn’t turn into a disaster. Making us stronger and building family bonds that the enemy cannot break. Thank you