Abundant life doesn’t mean a full calendear

May 6, 2009 · Filed Under freedom 

From BobHamp.com

“I came that you might have life and life abundantly”

Jesus makes the above statement as a part of His declaration regarding what He came to deliver to mankind. Aliveness; not busy-ness, not excited-ness, alive-ness.

Unfortunately we have come to measure life as a “yes or no” proposition. Either we have it or we don’t. Alive. Dead. Only two options. It would seem Jesus views life more as a measurable resource, one that can increased or decreased. What if we saw it the way He sees it? We wake up in the morning with a budgeted amount of life to spend. What if we spent it all by noon? We might come home and make a statement like this… ”It’s been a rough day, honey, I am just dead”

We spend a lot of thought trying to figure how to manage our time. I wonder if we saw life in this measurable budgeted way, if we might not focus more on managing our life, instead of our calendars. How much life we are willing to give away to strangers, or how much life do we receive from friends?

Adam and Eve had a tree from which they could daily ingest more life…running low? Stop and fill up. What if that same tree is available now and we walk by it? We avoid it. Or worse we try to serve it.

Do you know where to fill your tank?

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One Response to “Abundant life doesn’t mean a full calendear”

  1. Molly on May 6th, 2009 9:22 pm

    Thank you for your comment. I also love to hear about other’s journeys with God! Your post had some very interesting points – and some things that I need to hear.

    Thank you!

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