Remember 6 Words: Keep Going Back to the Source

Whether our current days of uncertainty rob our joy. Or, we scramble for resources we fear are not available. And even in times of abundance, when life seems good and our source secure. The Lord wants us to remember…

He is our true source. 

Our battle cry in this world: “Lord, fill me.” 

But how do we:

Remember to go to the true source of everlasting joy and peace?

Discover the Lord fills us with good and true things?

Know God’s fullness seeps into every corner and crevice of our empty places?

To answer these questions, let’s look at 3 points to keep us going back to the real Source. 

(1.) Remember our cup’s not half-empty or half-full but overflowing in God.

We realize we no longer need to live with the perspective of the half-empty or half-full cup. And we no longer do just enough to get by until more is required to fill our own cup. Instead, we ask the Lord to give us the strength to run to Him for everything we need. Because these are promises found in His Word.

“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows” (Psalm 23:5).

“For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things” (Psalm 107:9 NIV).

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it” (Psalm 81:10).

We no longer need to live with the perspective of the half-empty or half-full cup. Because our cup in God is overflowing. #filledup #cup Click To Tweet

(2.) Remember to choose the best resource.

Being a twin, people always saw me as one of two. One of two babies, one of two girls, and one of two teens. And now, one of two women who are similar, more alike than most siblings, yet still unique. 

But God is one of One. There has never been another god like our God. And there never will. So, what I’m about to say next makes perfect sense. God’s fullness and the way He fills us is one of One. 

Maybe we think it’s appropriate to compare the filling we receive from others or our own efforts to God. We are comparing the incomparable. Every filling besides God is one of many, compared to one of One. 

Do I want to keep grasping at all the many choices out there? Or, do I want to rest in the One who gets it right the first time and every time? Because these are promises found in His Word.

“Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing” (Psalm 34:10b).

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope” (Romans 15:13).

(3.) Remember to go to the right place.

If we want the right stuff, we go to the right place, we go to God. When we keep going back to Him as source, then we are filled with every spiritual blessing. And we are filled with Him. Therefore, our lives are full of Almighty God. There’s no better filling!

Also, we think about the Almighty in light of this truth. God is not 99% holy, 99% love, 99% merciful, and so on. So God is not 99% God. He is never one percent under what we need. He is never not quite up to par as God. The Lord is never right below His own fill-line. And neither are we when we reclaim our rights as daughters and sons of the One who offers more than 100%. 

God is not 99% holy, 99% love, 99% merciful, and so on. So God is not 99% God. He is never one percent under what we need. He is never not quite up to par as God. #filledup #Source Click To Tweet

God never does just enough in our lives for us to get by. It’s always more. Ephesians 3:20 (NLT) says, “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” Yet, it’s our job to go to God for our infinitely more…for our everything. That’s our only job. Because these are promises found in His Word.

“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory” (1 Peter 1:8).

“Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them’” (Psalm 126:2).

Keep Going Back to the Source

Going back to the Source changes our position from hustling to resting, from working to trusting, and from worrying to worshipping the One who has a space for us in his heart, in his eternal home. 

Now that’s worth checking off in the places in our mind: hourly, daily, and eternally. 

Which point do you need to remember most? 

Scripture ESV unless noted.

If you missed it, last week’s post, 4 Things God’s Most Interested in From Us

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