Lyrics
Verse 1
The dreams I lost along the way
The love I bought and sold
And all the lonely nights had left
A longing in my soul
Oh, a desperate thirst was growing
And I'd almost given up
When the Man who owns the water
Offered me His cup
Chorus
And now I'm filled to overflowing
I don't mind the whole world knowing
Yes, I'm filled to overflowing
With His soul-supplying, satisfying love
Verse 2
Now all the logic in the world
Cannot explain away
The miracle that transformed me
And took my doubts away
For when I whispered, "Jesus
Be all and everything"
He made this dried-up heart of stone
An everlasting spring
Chorus
And now I'm filled to overflowing
I don't mind the whole world knowing
Yes, I'm filled to overflowing
With that soul-supplying, satisfying love
Outro
Now I'm filled to overflowing
And I don't mind the whole world knowing
Oh, I'm filled to overflowing
With His everlasting, soul-supplying
Never-dying, satisfying love
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
Filled to Overflowing is a testimony song about thirst, loss and being satisfied by Christ. The opening verse recalls "dreams I lost along the way," a love "bought and sold," and lonely nights that left "a longing in my soul." A growing thirst brings the singer close to giving up before "the Man who owns the water" offers a cup.
The chorus answers with gladness: the singer is "filled to overflowing" and does not mind "the whole world knowing." The second verse says that no logic can explain away the change, and that a "dried-up heart of stone" has become "an everlasting spring" after a whispered request for Jesus to be all and everything.
The water imagery closely parallels John 4:14, where Jesus speaks of water that becomes a spring welling up to eternal life, and Ezekiel 36:26, which describes a heart of stone replaced with a heart of flesh. The final chorus piles up adjectives such as "soul-supplying" and "never-dying" to describe that love.
Related Scripture
- John 4:14 Jesus speaks of water that becomes a spring welling up to eternal life.
- Ezekiel 36:26 God promises to replace a heart of stone with a heart of flesh.