Experience Jesus' Abundant Life

Day 22: Experience Jesus' Abundant Life

John 1:4, “In him was life, and that life was the light of men.”

John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” (KJV)

John 11:25-26, “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.’”

John 20:31, “But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”

Thought:
Followers of Jesus live their lives from a different point of view. They live with eternity in mind. When there is confidence in tomorrow, today becomes more meaningful.

From the passages above, it is clear that the Apostle John wanted to make sure we understand that the fullness of life on earth, as well as eternal life, is found only in a relationship with Jesus.

The moment we decide to follow Jesus, the full life of God comes in. Oswald Chambers calls this the “Co-Eternal Life.” He writes:

Jesus came to give us endless supplies of life: ‘that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.’ Eternal Life has nothing to do with Time, it is the life which Jesus lived when He was down here. The only source of Life is the Lord Jesus Christ. The weakest saint can experience the power of the Deity of the Son of God if once he is willing to ‘let go.’ Any stand of our own energy will blur the life of Jesus. We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus.
*Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, pg 103

Reflection:
How does the thought of eternity impact your life today?

When Jesus said he came to give us “abundant life,” what does that mean to you? Would you say you are living an abundant life? Why or why not?