Abundant Life

Isn’t it wonderful that the Word of God does not change during times of crisis? Our LORD and Savior is faithful, He never changes, He is constant, and we can have the assurance that He is the solid rock on which we stand. John 10:10 tells us; “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚; 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚.” Jesus came to give you life and life abundantly! This abundant life is certainly not about more stuff, attention, power, or money – Jesus wants to give you so much more!

Abundant life in Christ is the surety of our salvation, freedom from death, freedom from fear, freedom from prejudice, freedom from the one who would whisper in your ear and steal your joy. It is beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, it is love, joy, and peace – oodles of it! Patience. Kindness and gentleness in profusion. All the time. Not only when things are going well. In abundance.

The Greek word for abundance is ‘perrissos,’ meaning exceeding, over and above, more than is necessary, extraordinary, surpassing, more remarkable and more excellent. Our Mighty God wants you to live a remarkable and excellent life! He wants to give you an extraordinary life that surpasses all your expectations! Doesn’t His Word say; “𝑵𝒐 𝒆𝒚𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏, 𝒏𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒎.”

For a moment take a deeper look at that word for abundance; what you find will astound you! The root word for abundance is ‘piero’, meaning to pierce. Jesus, the Son of God, was pierced, repeatedly. Pierced as the whip bit into his flesh, pierced as nails were hammered into his beautiful feet and loving hands. Pierced as they stabbed that sword into His side. Jesus surpassed what was necessary, so that you could have life! 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲! 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲!