Sermon of the Week: “The Overflowing Cup”

This week we conclude our series of Spurgeon’s sermons from Psalm 23.

Have you ever found yourself feeling unsatisfied with all the world has to offer? When life doesn’t meet our expectations or when prayers seem to go unanswered, the phrase “my cup runneth over” can seem like it doesn’t hold water.

Charles Spurgeon said, “There is a craving of the soul which can never be satisfied, except by its Creator.” In his 1875 sermon, “The Overflowing Cup,” Spurgeon’s own cup of joy and love for Christ seems to overflow to his congregation.

Why are we so hard to satisfy? Discontentment, envy, and unbelief often rob us of joy. “You can no more fill the heart of a discontented man than you can fill a cup which has the bottom knocked out.”

Spurgeon points us straight to the fountain of living waters. In Christ alone can we find joy and satisfaction that fills our hearts to the brim and spills over. “My cup runs over! My God has dealt with me beyond all my expectations or desires! It is the way of him! He gives like a king!”

Christian, many false wells will catch your eye and promise to quench your thirst. True fulfillment can only be found in Jesus.

Excerpt:

“Very soon — so very soon — we cannot tell how very soon, we shall be with Jesus where he is, and shall behold his glory. Brethren, the thought of such amazing bliss makes our cups run over, and our happiness overflows as we remember that it will be for ever, and for ever, and for ever. Eyes never to weep again, hands never to be soiled again, bones never to ache again, feet never to limp again, hearts never to be heavy again, but the whole man as full as it can be of delight ineffable, plunged into a sea of bliss, deluged with ecstatic joy, as full of heaven as heaven is full of Christ.”

Read the rest of the sermon here.