Psalm 23:5-6 (NIV) My cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life. COMMENTARY PEARL Is your life overflowing? If youre like most people, it may be overflowing, but not with goodness. So many people have overbooked their calendars, overspent their money, overdrawn their credit, overloaded their emotions, overworked their bodies, overcrowded their days, and overvalued the approval of others. As a result, they wind up overstressed, overanxious, and overwhelmed - and theyre over it! They are far from experiencing the goodness of God. Why do we do let ourselves get overextended? Often the fear of missing out motivates us to do more. But the truth is youre not missing out on anything when you rest in the goodness and provision of God. God wants to move you from being overwhelmed to overflowing. He wants to meet all your needs - and he can! First, you need to recognize two fundamentally different approaches to life that either keep you from or bring you into Gods abundance. You can approach life with a shortage mindset or a surplus mindset. With a shortage mindset, you constantly think, I dont have enough time. I dont have enough money. I dont have enough energy. I dont have enough contacts, opportunities, knowledge, education, or whatever. Its the sense that youre always a day late and a dollar short. A shortage mindset focuses on your limited resources, and the result is an overwhelmed life. A surplus mindset focuses on Gods limitless resources, and the result is an overflowing life. Have you ever worried that the person breathing next to you is stealing your air? Of course not. You know that God created more than enough air for everybody to have all the air we need. Think of Gods provision like this: God doesnt give us one pie. Hes a pie factory! Hell never run out. The Bible includes words like abundance, plentiful, abounding, and bountiful to describe what God has to offer you. God has more than enough to meet all your needs and everybody elses needs at the same time. Jesus said, I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of (John 10:10 The Message). You dont have to worry about running short of anything, because God is the source of your life. He can turn on one faucet and turn off another. You can lose one job, and he can provide another. He wants to fill you beyond capacity with an endless supply of his goodness, joy, blessing, hope, and peace. [Daily Devotional by Rick Warren: https://pastorrick.com/devotional/] LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY John 10:10 - The Abundant Life! http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20221008-0857.html http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20211015-0948.html http://www.abible.com/devotions/2019/20190715-0829.html http://www.abible.com/devotions/2018/20180920-1028.html http://www.abible.com/devotions/2018/20180610-1101.html http://www.abible.com/devotions/2017/20170124-0939.html http://www.abible.com/devotions/2016/20160820-1924.html http://www.abible.com/devotions/2013/20130527-2226.html http://www.abible.com/devotions/2009/20090825-1337.html LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT https://abible.com/links/