Be An Abounder!

There’s quite a stand of flowers at the end of my porch.  I’m not sure where they came from nor do I know what they are.  Right now, they’re just green and bushy but late summer, they’ll break into beautiful golden blooms.  I can see them from my bedroom window, and I like that!

What’s abounding in your life?  Yeah, we don’t use ”abounding” much but all of us are overflowing-exceeding in something even if only the air we breathe!  Almighty God is an infinite sea of perfections!  How do we learn to flourish in these Godly perfections?  “If we desire to ‘abound’ in hope,’ we must abound in faith. The measure and luster of our hope in Him will be in proportion to our believing, looking to Christ, growing in our knowledge of Christ, and living on the fullness of Christ.” (Octavius Winslow, Our God)  The key to thriving in love-hope-patience-comfort-grace-holiness-peace-light (you name the Godly perfection)  is … abounding in faith.  We limit God’s ability to prove Himself, bless us, grow us in His graces when we’re so tightfisted in our faith. I suggest if your faith is not growing, it is shrinking!  The wise King Solomon wrote, “Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 11:7)  We must not be content with mere reflections of The Father when with eyes and feet of faith, we can experience His Glory worked out in our lives.  That bed of late-summer bloomers gets bigger and bigger every year; they’re multiplying – more and more beautiful blooms!  We are called to abound in Christ ... grow in faith … be an Abounder!