If ever you've felt like God is punishing you, or felt He's mad at you about something this verse is a really good reminder that God is not in the business of pouring out His anger on us. He poured it all out on Jesus at the cross instead, in our place. Jesus took our punishment.
What God is pouring out on us though is His kindness and grace along with all wisdom and understanding (Eph 1:8).
Not only that but Acts 10:45 says God has poured the Holy Spirit out on us. (that's God Himself!) Romans 5:5 tells us the Holy Spirit has then poured out the love of God in our hearts. It just gets better and better doesn't it?
The Psalmist gave us a picture of his cup overflowing in Psalm 23:5 ...You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over, and that's the picture God wants each one of us to have today. Our cup is overflowing with the love and kindness of God and it's so full it will spill over on to others. It also mentions the anointing we talked about yesterday and shows it all being tied together. Isn't the Lord good to us?
So the next time the enemy comes and whispers in your ear that God is mad at you about something and is going to punish you in some way, just resist that lying spirit by reading him these verses. They'll cause him to flee from you fast!
Thank You Lord You're not mad at us about anything but You've poured your Holy Spirit, Your love, Your kindness and Your wisdom and understanding and Your anointing into us. Praise You Lord, our cup runs over. Amen.
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