- a great plenty
- an overflowing supply
- biblical: a bounty beyond expectation and merit
- personal: the kind of meaningful life that God wants for you
"The thief does not come except to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that you might have life and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10 MKJV
We look at our lives sometimes and know that we were made for more. You were made for intimacy with the Creator of the universe. You are hardwired for abundance and that is what you hunger for whether you know it or not. It is what the eternity in your heart points you toward.
But then you live in this world and this world presses its message on your heart. With every wound, every sin and every disappointment the message is ‘live small and survive’. You absorb these arrows into your heart and live small the rest of your days.
Jesus does not intend for you to live small in this world. He came to restore you. He took the wounds and sins that separate you from your greater life and destroyed them on the cross. Then he turned and told you, "I’ve come to give you an abundant life?" The question is whether you believe Him?
The word abundant in Greek means ‘something above the ordinary’. That is what Jesus wants for you and your life. He wants you to live more than an ordinary life.
"The abundant life is one in which every promise of God has been answered yes with a resounding ‘yes’ of experience." Christopher Synn
Tomorrow we look at the key to abundant living for the Christian.
Today’s Wisdom – Live within Your Means
"In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all that he has." Proverbs 21:20
Today’s Reading Plan
Morning Judges 3-5 Evening Luke 7:31-50
Today’s Humor
A chemist walks into a pharmacy and says, "Do you have any acetylsalicylic acid?" The pharmacist asks, "You mean aspirin?" "That’s it, I can never remember the word."
Today’s Prayer
Pray for the Roeder family. Oscar passed away yesterday. He and Flora were married over 71 years. She will need our prayers.
Talk to you tomorrow.
Michael