We live in world of over abundance. Our kids are over stimulated, our
government is over intrusive, we work over time to make the payments we got over
extended on, and we feel over worked and underappreciated. Hey look me over,
but not to closely. Childhood is over before we realize it. We over invested
our time in things we should not have, and got overly excited when things looked
good, over depressed when they failed. We like our eggs over easy, the pain to
be over, but not our vacations. We have a high overhead, a high degree of
morals, an over abundance of blessings, and get over whelmed by it all. We are
told over and over again to plan ahead, yet we get in over our heads, our
engines are over bored, our cam timing over lapping, and we make overtures to
things that have nothing to do with music. We can’t wait for it all to be over
sometimes, yet when it is over we cannot believe how it all passed so quickly.
We look back at things we overlooked, we are over tired, those of us over 50
look back, those under look ahead. Football games go into overtime, two way
radio conversations end “over and out,” and we find our closets and garages
overstocked. It ain’t over until the fat lady sings, or as Jefferson Starship
sung “it ain’t over till it’s over.” So get over it.....
We are told game over after we lose, move over when on the wrong side of
the road, and we can be over burdened by all the well meaning people all over
the world. A drunk driver is all over the road, Toto and Dorothy thought they
had found it all somewhere over the rainbow, but yet the monkeys flew over them,
with a surprise ending when they thought it was all over. When we lose we are
told to start over, we over exaggerate our own self worth, we are told to come
on over and visit, some are overcome by guilt, and some never get over it. Over
and over we are told what to do, even Marty King told us “we shall overcome,”
and some are over come, over whelmed, over used, and over taken by life. Kids
are happy when school is over, so are teachers, and just when you think we have
it made, we find we are over the hill. When we lose our hair, some are happy
for the comb over. So many things are over rated until you lose them.
We must be over 18 to vote, over 21 to drink, and over 65 to collect Social
Security. We are over weight from an over abundance. We are warned “over my
dead body,” after we are in over our heads. We can be head over heals in love,
sing, My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, spend a day playing over the line, and get
sun burned from over exposure. Our enemies may have us over a barrel, and we
get hung over from to much drink. And with warnings everywhere of the world may
soon be over, what is a person to do?
The word over is used over 1100 times in the Bible. From Genesis when the
spirit hovered over the earth and gave it life, to Revelation 20, speaking of
life again by the spirit, how the second death will have no power over us, God
is over us all. He sent an angel to Passover those who trusted him, he rules
over our enemies, we are told that mercy triumphs over judgment, while those who
give themselves over to lewdness fall short of his glory. Jesus fed over 5000
twice, and before we cross over to the other side to heaven, he will bless us
poured out, shaken and pressed down, an over abundance. It was when darkness
had over taken the earth, that when things seemed darkest, that Jesus gave his
life, but was to raise from the dead and triumph over sin and death. He was and
is the king of kings and Lord over all the earth. He has given his angels
charge over us to protect and guide us, even the sign over his head on the cross
told him to be “JESUS KING OF THE JEWS.”
Even when Job was overwhelmed, he knew God was over all things, even though
his wife told him it might be better if it was all over. Was it not God who
told Moses to stretch out his hand over the waters to make them part? On the
seventh day of creation, didn’t God himself look back over what he had done and
find it good? We find his hand stretched out over all the nations. So maybe if
we just put our hand over our mouth the next time we fail to trust or believe
God, when we turn it all over to him we find the blessings overflowing. Our
choice, yet if you choose to not trust him, he will give you over to your
troubled heart. When it is all over, where do you wish to be found?
So think it over, and consider God for a minute or two. Give it all over
to him, and watch as he turns over the blessings of his kingdom over to you. He
wants to bless us, why do we stop him? If only 1100 times he gives us evidence
in his word how he loves us, and is over us, what makes you think one more will
convince you? Jesus’ last words on earth were “it s finished,” it’s over. He
won the war, but we still have battles to face. In him we have overcome the
world, his love will never be over rated. Over time he has proven himself
worthy over and over again. Yogi Berra once said “if you don’t know where you
are going, you might end up somewhere else.” When this life is over, I know
where I am going. Crossing over to the other side.....hope to see you there.
“10-4, over and out.”
love with compassion,
Mike
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