Thoroughly convinced

I am thoroughly convinced that God still desires to pour out His Spirit into His chosen vessels as recorded in Acts 2:17–18, with the ultimate end being the salvation of souls (Acts 2:21). God’s purposes have not changed; He can empower His people so that He receives the glory through the lives that are transformed. While ministry today does not look exactly as it did in the first century, God remains more than capable of working through those who willingly submit to His plan (John 7:38–39). The same Spirit who filled the upper room is still available to fill surrendered hearts.

However, at times, we as His ambassadors are not truly positioned to receive this outpouring. We are easily distracted, can have divided loyalties, or are plagued by spiritual instability through inconsistency. This inadequacy can transform us to be like a cup in the unsteady hand of a child. When our Heavenly Father tries to pour His Spirit into our cups our shifting nature spills the liquid and is unable to fully contain what God wants for us. The issue is never with the abundance of God’s supply, but with the steadiness of our vessel.

It is in these very moments that God allows trials to enter our lives – not so that we crumble beneath the weight of the pressures, but to steady us to fully receive what He wants to give us. Through testing, He refines our faith and teaches us to wait patiently for Him. Trials teach us to throw out the anchor of our soul and fasten it firmly to the Solid Rock. As we lift our eyes from circumstances and fix them on Christ alone, stability begins to take root.

As we continue on this patient path with hearts resting in Him, we experience the truth David proclaimed in Psalm 23: our cup runneth over. The oversupply of God is not an accident. It is the intended state for the believer. We are not filled with His supply just so that we might be benefactors. We overflow and are splling over so that others may see Christ.