A Cup Full

Lately my boys and I have been studying through The Sermon on the Mount together. As we came to the Beatitudes, we began to discuss the meaning of the word 'blessed.' It is such a 'Christianeze' word that gets frequently tossed around that we can miss the true worth Jesus meant when He spoke this word nine times through the Beatitudes.

The Greek word is a word that means to be fully satisfied. Fully satified. Are you and I ever FULLY satisfied? What does that even look like? God gave me a picture to illustrate this meaning to my young sons. I set a glass on the table and filled it until the water bulged on the tippy top of the rim. They stared in awe at the shaky lip of water as it threatened to roll down the sides. I explained that is a fully satisfied cup. Likewise, when we seek to be filled with the Spirit and allow Jesus to so fill those empty places within us, WE become fully satisfied...filled to the brim with Jesus!

Ephesians 5:18b-20 says, " Be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Just then, my active second born shook the table, he could no longer hold back the temptation! The water gave way over the lip of the glass and rolled onto the table. My wise firstborn said, "Look, Mom, it is spilling over with songs and hymns and spiritual songs!"

Wise words, my son. Are we not to be so filled that we, too, will spill over with songs and hymns and spiritual songs when life shakes us up?

Life WILL shake us...you do not have to live long on this planet to figure that out. How we react tells much about what we believe to be true about our God. So what about you? Are you and I so filled with the Spirit of the Living God that we are spilling over with music in our hearts, ALWAYS giving thanks to God the Father for EVERYTHING? I am seeking it and praying Jesus would make it so in my life today!