Overflow of the Heart.

Happy Friday everyone!! I hope you all have had a good week so far. Besides being sick for a few days my week has been pretty good. One thing that has been on my mind recently are the matters of the heart. In my youth group bible study this morning we read this verse "For where your treasure is there your heart will be also." (Luke 12:34).  It stuck with me all day. I began to think about my heart and what it truly is consumed with and where it's leading me. Recently I've found myself trying to hold the overflow of my heart back. Why? God is doing something AMAZING in my life and for some reason I found myself worried that I wasn't ready. I really felt myself wrestling with the enemy and my flesh saying things like "Sofia you're not ready for this, you're not old enough, wise enough, you have no idea what your getting yourself into. Just stay in your comfort zone, your safe there."I begin to pray because I knew that there was no way that God was saying these things to me, but I just couldn't hear His voice in the situation. That's when I read this in the book I'm currently reading "God hasn't called you into His marvelous light just for you to sit there and gaze or to be afraid on this new level and run back into the comfort zone of the outer court. There's a divine purpose for you and grace to meet every need just beyond that door." (The Threshing Floor~Juanita Bynum). When I read this I was like, "Oh my gosh Jesus just spoke to me right in the middle of school out of nowhere I needed this so bad I might cry." God is so good. I've realized that He has transformed my heart, covered me in His grace, and because my treasure is Jesus my heart is with Him, and because my heart is with Him it overflows with His love and I can't hold it back! It's impossible. His work in my life and amazing love are to great of things for me to just let slide off my shoulder. As our hearts are filled with the Holy Spirit and love of Jesus, God begins to do a complete transformation and our lives begin to overflow with Him. The overflow of our hearts is something precious because when our hearts are overflowing with the love of Jesus we can touch others lives. I'm learning that as God takes me into this new season of life He isn't just blessing me but those around me. In this He has shown me once again that it's not all about me but about Him working through me to change lives, bring love and healing to the broken, and be a light in such a dark place. Take a minute to think about your heart and what you think it's consumed with. Are you giving it to Jesus or allowing other worldly things to consume it? Know that Jesus loves you so deeply and longs to bless you and use you as a vessel for His glory. In order for this to happen though you have to give Him your heart. Seek Him and when His love pours out on your heart and the Holy Spirit takes over don't hold back. Allow His love to run over from you into others. Leave your comfort zone and allow Jesus to take over, you will find yourself and others being blessed beyond measure. Love you guys and hope you all have a blessed weekend! Love Sofia.