Overflowing with Abundance

When I was in college, I worked summers at a cannery just a block from downtown. Seasonal produce was trucked in from local farms. Many of these trucks, particularly the spinach trucks, were filled to the top. Produce would fly and tumble out onto the roads and sidewalks. Walkers, if they so desired, could gather up enough produce for a family meal. These trucks overflowed with abundance.

Just recently, we noticed something similar with trucks hauling large bales of straw. As the semis traveled on the highway, if you were behind them, you would want to make sure your windows were rolled up. Thousands of pieces of straw were flying from the bales, sparkling in the sun. Those pieces ended up in little piles blown to the sides of the highway. These trucks were also overflowing with abundance.

 

King David of Israel said the same thing about our God who hears prayer.

 

"You crown the year with your bounty;

Your wagon tracks overflow with abundance."

Psalm 65:11 (ESV)

 

David declared earlier in Psalm 65 that by awesome deeds, our God answers us with righteousness, that He is our salvation and hope whose deeds cause those who dwell at the ends of the earth to be in awe.

 

What awesome and wondrous deeds are you joining the earth in shouting and singing together for joy?

 

"For You have made me rejoice, Lord, by what You have done;

I will shout for joy because of the works of Your hands."

Psalm 92:4 (HCSB)

 

Are you in awe over what the Lord has done in answer to prayer?

 

"We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near.

We recount your wondrous deeds."

Psalm 75:1 (ESV)

Make your voice be heard!