Whelm: act of heaping up abundantly (N)
engulf of bury (V)
Overwhelm: drown beneath, defeat completely (V)
We often think of being overwhelmed as a negative, and great burden that we can't overcome. Too many asks, too many commitments, too many responsibilities, the end of our rope, the end of our strength, the end of our ability, the end of ourselves.
I say yes, that is exactly what it is, but not in the way I have viewed it so many times before.
"I came to give you life and give it abundantly. I am the good Shepherd."
He has defeated completely the enemy. He has drown me beneath his grace and consumed me with his love. He has used my struggles, my fears, and my weaknesses to reveal my need for Him and my need for his abundant grace, mercy, and life. Abundant life.
We are not here to merely survive, to get through, to get by, but here to live, and live abundantly. We can receive that because he has overwhelmed us and he whelms us.
The whelm of the Father is to heap up abundance on us: freedom, joy, peace, love....life. Life to the fullest, 'On Earth as it is in Heaven.'
"Come Lord Come, but until you do, continue to overwhelm me with you."
