“Hoarding God’s goodness is not a viable option. We must be keenly aware of our responsibility to open ourselves up to be conduits of God’s grace and abundance…
As followers of Jesus, we are to live from the abundance of our God. He has more than enough for us—and he gives us more than enough to spread around to others…
I want to stand beneath the fountain of God’s abundance and drink deeply, not so I can simply be filled but so others may be filled as well through the overflow of my life. God has everything we could ever need or desire—and he is by no means stingy.
As his people we are to personify the overflowing fountain: what God pours into us should furiously drip onto others. Though we may partake in his fountain, God created us to be fountains ourselves, not sponges.
Let God fill the empty places in your heart to the point of overflowing so that your life may touch those around you.”
Jason Chatraw in Mystics, Mavericks & Miracle Workers: A 30-day Journey with Some Saints (Boise: Ampelon, 2007) 145.