abundance

There is only one thing that will always remain the same, one thing that will never change, is constant, and ageless. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫, 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭. He is the gift given to us that we celebrate every year. And, oh, what a gift! The gift to top all other gifts!

I confess, I love gifts. I love giving them, and I love receiving them. Our Father in heaven loves to shower His children with gifts, too. Ephesians 1:3 says, “𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨.” We are blessed beyond measure. Blessed with abundance. Nothing in the heavenly realms is held back by your Abba Father, who did not spare His own son’s life because of His great, unfathomable love for you. We can say with absolute assurance that our Heavenly Father has blessed us.

After the tragedy of 9/11 warehouses were stocked to the roof with donations, 18 wheelers came from as far as Alaska filled to the brim with everything a New Yorker could need, from teddy bears to toothpaste, from dog food to diapers. In fact, more than 2 million square feet of gifts flooded the capital, an estimated $75 million dollars’ worth! How incredible. What a spectacular show of generosity! If you can imagine those warehouses stocked full then you can imagine the abundance of spiritual gifts your Abba Father has for you! Unending. Lavish. Bountiful. The LORD is not slow to give or miserly.

Of course, every gift He gives is perfect. “𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙚…,” says James 1:17. These gifts are enduring, don’t need to be taken back to the store, never wear out, and don’t need to be replaced. Gifts of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, God’s Word revealed, His holy presence and eternal life through His Son. I could go on and on, but I know you get the picture!

This year, I pray that our Abba Father would give you the gift of prayer, the gift of time, and the gift of hearing His majestic voice. I pray, too, for you and your family, that you would receive the gift of joy! Unspeakable joy as you celebrate the birth of our beautiful, generous, and giving Savior, Jesus Christ!

In John 10:10 we read the words of Jesus; “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” What is it that Jesus wants to give us that the enemy so desperately wants to steal? Jesus wants to give us life and life abundantly! This abundant life is certainly not about more stuff, more attention, more power or more thrills. Those are just distractions, a carnal definition of the abundant life!

King Solomon, in all his wisdom, said it this way; “So I became great and excelled more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my reward from my labor. I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor in which I had toiled; and indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.” Eccl 2:9-11 All was vanity, and Solomon had it all but soon discovered, this was not the abundant life.

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 abundance. All. The. Time. Not just when things are going well. In abundance.

The Greek word for abundance is ‘perrissos’ meaning, exceeding some measure or number, over and above, more than is necessary, superadded, extraordinary, surpassing, more remarkable and more excellent. Your 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.”

When you look deeper at the word for abundance, what you find will astound you! The root word for abundance is ‘piero’, meaning to pierce. That stopped me in my tracks, overwhelming me, bringing tears to my eyes. Jesus, the Son of God, was pierced for me, over and over again. Pierced as that whip bit into his flesh, pierced as they hammered those nails into his beautiful feet and loving hands. Pierced as they stabbed a sword into His side. At any time He could simply have stepped off that cross, after all, He is God. But His love for you kept Him there, he went over and above, surpassing what was necessary, so that you could have an abundant life! Now that is abundant love! Going exceedingly beyond, for you. Extraordinary!

This is the life He wants to give you, in abundance. Without Christ, life has no meaning, there is no abundant life.

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An Abundance of Gifts

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