Our Inexhaustible Source

Thursday, July 30

Proverbs 11:25 (NIV)

“A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed”

Devotion

If you have ever seen a cascading fountain, then you know the beauty of this impressive display. Water is poured into the top basin, and a cascading waterfall begins. As the first level is filled, something beautiful happens—it overflows to the next level, which does the same until all the basins are filled and overflowing.

It is a visual spectacle and a wonderful metaphor for how we are filled and refilled by overflowing into others' lives. By investing in other people, we are energized, hopeful, joyous, and prospered on many levels. We are refreshed ourselves when we refresh others.

We were not created to be silos. We are not to be individual reservoirs, holding furiously onto what we have because we all know, in life, there are seasons of drought. We also know there are seasons of turbulent flooding. We need God. We need someone more powerful than our worst times and our best times.

Knowing our Father God is the One who not only sustains us but "is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine" (Ephesians 3:20), we can be comforted as we look to Him as our source. He is an inexhaustible resource—limitless and unfailing.

Today's Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for being my endless and faithful Source. Fill me with Your love, grace, and strength so that I can overflow into the lives of those around me. Help me not to hold tightly to what You have given me, but to generously share it with others. Teach me to trust that as I refresh others, You will continue to refresh and sustain me. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Apply It Today

When we allow God to continually fill our hearts, we can freely pour into others through our time, encouragement, generosity, and love. Ask God today, “Who can I refresh with what You have given me?” 

Resources

• One person can make a difference, but a united people can make an impact.  Don’t miss “The Power of We”—a powerful message about the strength, purpose, and blessing found when we stand together.
• As a new school year begins, we want to stand with our students, educators, administrators, and all who serve in our schools by covering them in prayer. Register today at freechapel.org/events and be part of this special time of prayer.