Abundant Life

John 10: 10

... I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.

When God made this Earth, He formed it and supplied it with everything we would need right here. He built into it an unlimited abundance of all the food, all the animals, all the resources we would want.

Then He gave us His rules and regulations on how to run the World to produce all this abundance, for our enjoyment, and derive our satisfaction in Him in providing it all. If only we would follow His ways. 

When we buy a car, a book comes with it, explaining how to take care of it; what kind of fuel to use, how often to change the oil, how much pressure to put in the tires, etc. We can choose to follow the book, and the car will give us many years of use. Or we can ignore the book, and decide for ourselves what we want to do with it--and use the wrong fuel, never change the oil, etc--and it will not service our needs for very long.

Our problem is that we have not followed the directions we've been given to run the World, and people have been lied to, to think that there is a shortage of resources. 

But more trees grow, more food grows, more animals are born and hatched, there's always more. And there is also no shortage of the creativity God put into Mankind, to take what God has made and use it to make all kinds of other things for our usefulness and pleasure. 

So when we know God, learn Who He is, His character and personality; and we study His Word to learn His ways and follow them--then He will see to it that we can avail ourselves of all the abundance He built into this Earth for us. 

Jesus came and showed us how to live our lives, then He died as our personal Sacrifice as the Lamb of God to atone for all our wrong choices, cleanse us of all the corruption and spoilage in our souls, send His Spirit to live in our spirit to make it alive, so that we will have His strength to follow His ways and experience all the abundance He wants for us right here.

Then to enjoy His very Presence forever, as He brings us to His home, in the New Heaven and New Earth, to live with Him and reign with Him. 

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!