1 John 2:24 NASB
"As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father."
abide; original Greek root word used here: menó- to stay, abide, remain
According to a Greek Lexicon the way the Greek word is used here carries connotation of being knit to God, also something that's established within my soul and always exerts it's power in me.
As you keep the Gospel of Jesus Christ within you, the word of God within you, it exerts power within you. It flows out of you.
Psalm 23:5 says "my cup overflows".
I can't stand it when Christians say "you take what God has filled you with and empty yourself out so he can refill you".
NO. An overflowing cup never gets empty. As long as that cup remains within the flow it never empties and continually pours out.
Where is that flow found?
It's found by letting his word remain in you.
Jesus said in John 14:23-24 NASB
“If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me."
So many Christians are thirsty and wonder why they can't be filled and it's because they keep taking themselves out of the flow. They come to church on Sunday morning to get filled up and then afterwards it's back to the way things were. Empty.
Stay in the flow! Stay in the word every day. Let the word continually reside in you. Let the Holy Spirit lead you into all truth.
Hebrews 4:12 NASB
”For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
The result will be the word of God exerting it's power in you and overflowing into this world. The overflow in your life will impact generations.