Waste not, want not!

The Lord gave me this yesterday morning at Canvas. Thought I’d share.

You’ve heard the old expression “Waste not, want not.” God showed me that this applies to His love as well.


If we waste God’s love, and let it sit idle in us, then we don’t really want it. But if we don’t waste His love and we are constantly sharing with others, we will never want for it.

How often do we have God’s love and say we want more, but we haven’t done anything with the love He has already given? Why does He need to pour more love into us, when we haven’t given any away to others? He fills us up to overflow, but if we don’t let that overflow pour out onto others, then why should He need to pour more into us? If our cup stays full, there’s no need for Him to pour out more. BUT when we pour out into others, God will continue to pour into us so that we will always be overflowing with His love to share. A perpetual cycling overflow keeps the love pure and constantly stirred up within us. It allows us to pour out the Living Water of Christ into others.

The reverse is true as well. If we never pour out, our well remains. Despite it being full, it becomes stagnant, lifeless, maybe gets a moldy thin film on top that keeps it from being oxygenated. What then? We become dull, complacent, content with going through the motions and the status quo. Also, if we don’t waste the love of God by letting it get stale within us, then we will never have to long for it. God will be constantly pouring out on us and blessing us with His love. We will never have to yearn for it because it will be ever present. When we pour out, the fruit will be lush and plenty. Seeing this fruit will be a blessing to us. It will stir up the Living Water in us even more so that we will desire to pour it out as it keeps bubbling over!

Should it not be so? Should we not be so excited about the amazing awesome love of God that we want to tell and show other at all times? Was that not what Jesus asked of us in Matthew 28:19, to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them…” So how can we be content with having a full cup?

We need the overflow.

God works in the overflow.

Lives are changed in the overflow.

Pour out His love!