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This is our time! It is our time to make the most of every opportunity that God presents to us. Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. If we want to be ready for every opportunity, we have to be full of the Word, so we have something to give. One of the greatest ways to get the Word of God into your life is by meditating on it, thinking on it, pondering it, and letting it become what you believe. Let’s make a priority of thinking on the Word of God. Here is your dailyeword.
Spending time meditating on the Word of God prepares us to live in the overflow. To be filled up enough to overflow means you have extra! If someone has a need, I want God to use me to help meet the need with my extra. To do this, we can be filled up to spill our overflow on someone else. This kind of spilling isn’t messy like a toddler spilling their food. This is the kind of spilling that is like oil rubbed on dry skin. It is like ointment on an open sore. This kind of spilling brings refreshing to the weary and gives strength to the weak. It is like a cup of cool water in a dry and thirsty land. This scripture in John is all about overflow. Surely out of our bellies shall flow rivers of living water! (John 7:38)
A short time ago, I was asked on a moments notice to come share about being filled with the Holy Spirit with our children’s church. Because it is one of my passions to pray for people to be filled with the Spirit, I have spent a lot of time studying and meditating on the scriptures that relate to that subject. As I was sharing with the kids, I first asked if there was anyone who wanted to be saved, and 2 girls got saved. I shared about the scriptures on the Holy Spirit and 12 kids (first through fourth graders) got filled with the Holy Spirit. How exciting! Then I went back to the adult service, and a young man came up as soon as church was over to be filled with the Holy Spirit as well. Praise God for living water flowing from us to those who want to be filled! God does want to speak to us through His Word, and He does want us to be full enough to have something to give. We are prepared, ready and flowing over when we meditate on His Word.