Well friends month 1 is over. We arrived in Lilongwe, Malawi a couple days ago for debrief and we head for Senga Bay, Malawi for bush ministry on Thursday. We will be spending the whole month there so I’m not sure if I will be able to update anything while I’m there.
Month 1 was incredible. So much of God’s provision. So many incredible Unsung Heroes. It was so cool seeing how God is at work all over Zambia. But I want to share one thing The Lord spoke to me while in Zambia.
We had the opportunity to visit Victoria Falls in Livingstone, Zambia and it truly was incredible. It is currently rainy season here so the falls are pretty massive right now. One of the coolest parts of the falls is that the water comes down so hard off the falls that there is a constant rain. So when you go to the falls you get SOAKED! As you are touring the falls there is a bridge right in front of the falls that you can stand on and you get absolutely drenched. It’s super close to the water so you can literally feel the power.
Standing there getting drenched I couldn’t help but to be in awe of the falls and its power and authority. At one point I had the thought of “How cool would it be to be in the falls??” Then I had the realization that the falls are so powerful that it would literally crush me and I would die… Soooo that kinda put a damper on that thought (pun intended). But seriously, in that moment The Lord began to speak. He began to reveal to me that many times in my life I want to have the power and authority. But to be in that power that I desire, to drink that cup, would have killed me. There is only one who could take the power and authority of God. And that is Jesus. He took ALL the wrath and power of God so that I didn’t have too. Because of this, I get to stand in the OVERFLOW of his power and glory. Just like when I was standing on that bridge in the overflow of the power of the water, I now get to stand in the overflow of God. Wow.
Since God’s wrath was so great and so massive, if God simply gave us an empty cup I should be eternally thankful. Just that His cup was empty of the wrath that Jesus took is enough. But God didn’t stop with that. He also overflowed our cup with ‘every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places’ (Ephesians 1:4). Blessings of grace, blessings of constantly being in His presence here on Earth, blessings of prayer (DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH GOD!), blessings of wisdom, and countless other blessings.
So let us stand in the overflow of God. Bask in His presence. Know that He has all authority. All things have been placed under Jesus’s feet. So we can trust in that. We find freedom here. Freedom to stand in the overflow.
