Awashed in Gatorade

     

Who doesn't want to be awashed in Gatorade?

It means you're a winner.  You stayed the course and remained focused on the task at hand.   It is symbolic of a job well done.  Those walking off the field of battle drenched in the lime green nutritional drink are honored to have had it poured over them.

I was with some girlfriends the other day, and we were reflecting on God's Provision and Generosity.  II Corinthians 9:8 came to mind:

"God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. As the Scriptures say,
'They share freely and give generously to the poor.
Their good deeds will be remembered forever.'"

New Living Translation

"God can pour on the blessings in astonishing ways so that you’re ready for anything and everything, more than just ready to do what needs to be done. As one psalmist puts it,

He throws caution to the winds, giving to the needy in reckless abandon. His right-living, right-giving ways never run out, never wear out. 

This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God."

The Message

"And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient (possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation)."  

Amplified Bible

After reading these verses, one girlfriend exclaimed, "He pours the whole Gatorade on top of you!" What a mental picture! God so happy, so proud, so in love with you, that He pours His blessings and favor on top of you in great abundance! He supplies you with every Provision so that you can turn around and share share share.

Getting a bucket of Gatorade poured on top of you holds no nutritional value and certainly leaves you quite sticky all over...what God pours on top of you so liberally is full of nutrition--both physically and spiritually. He supplies you with what you need in this physical world and what you need in your soul enabling you to do good works and feed the souls of others.

Oh my...to be awashed in heavenly Gatorade!