Overflow by Tenth Avenue North from Followers (2016) has been on my mind for a while. And I’ve consider sharing it earlier, but a different song always came that spoke to me a little more. But I must say that I don’t often have a song that’s consistently played over a month.

The message of this song has struck a chord in my life, and I know why. It talks about being so full with the love of God that, like a container overflowing, God’s love comes out of us in every thought, word and deed.

Out of the dust, You created us,
We are the breath of Father, Spirit, and Son,
We’re free to breathe, we’re free to move,
Life is a gift that we give back to You,
Life is our gift we give back to You…

Life is a gift we give back to You, the truth of that line has always stood out to me. And I see how easy it can be to ignore the fact that every breath, every movement of our bodies is a gift from God. Truly understanding the greatness of God is something that makes me freely give my life back to the rightful owner.

You set our hearts in motion,
You’re alive inside us,
Our hands open up (hands open up),
We are made in the image of a perfect union,
We receive Your love and overflow,
We overflow.

It’s evident, that we were meant,
To live like grace is covering every step,
So we can risk and we can fall,
You’re over and you’re underneath of it all,
You’re over and you’re underneath of us all…

Let Your perfect love come and fill us up,
Till we can’t help but overflow…

I often see words, or passages in the Scripture as prayers to Our Father in Heaven, I see the bridge here as the same thing. Asking God to fill us with the love of Jesus Christ, so that we preach the Good News without even thinking about it because it naturally flows out of us.

Overflow – Tenth Avenue North