One of the first weeks I was in SA, I was giving Siya a bath. He put my hands together, cupped like a bowl, and took a toy flower waterer he has, filled it with water and poured it into my hands until it was overflowing. When it started overflowing he would look at me with a BIG smile and laugh. I put my hands down and he said, ‘No, No’ and put them back together, filled up his waterer and did it again. He did it over and over. Whenever the water in my hands would get low or run out he would pour more water in until it was overflowing. The thing that struck me is how much he enjoyed filling my hands with water. It was a delight to him.
As I was sitting there watching him, God showed me that this is the picture of what God delights to do for me. He puts me in a position to receive, and then He overflows my life; He blesses me over and over satisfying the deepest desires and needs of my heart, providing me with EVERY physical need, loving me unconditionally with a reckless abandonment I can’t conceive. And He does it with such delight. He showed me how much joy He gets from filling me…I don’t have to fear or feel guilty to receiving…I can just receive and enjoy.
I’m humbled and grateful to experience this fulfillment and delight on a regular basis; it seems to be the theme of my life lately. It’s only appropriate to leave you with this…
“Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded and it stood firm.” (psalm 33:1-9)
“Whom have I in heaven but you and earth has nothing I desire but you. My heart and flesh fail, but God is the strength of my life and my portion forever.” (psalm 73: 25-26)
Playing with kids at Sukasambe, a physically and mentally disabled children's home.
