I our final series of 2009, we looked at what Jesus was really talking about when He faced His antagonists in John 10:1-10.  They considered His a thief because His teachings were unorthodox.  Jesus explained to those who would listen that the thief does not come through the doorway to the sheep but, through some hidden breach in the shepherd’s keep.

He, then, revealed one of the most assuring glimmers of Divine intent ever recorded in Scripture:

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

It would have been enough to promise only life.  Gk. zoe which is our life force & existence, which He has delivered on.  In fact, you would not be able to read this entry without being alive.  However, I have come to realize most people are stagnant at this level of merely existing.  They are led into the rat race in a quest o fill the empty shell that is their life & existence.

I am so glad that Jesus did not just promise us existence, but ‘life more abundantly.’    So what is the abundant life?  It will blow your mind but I will explain:

“The abundant life is one that overflows the boundaries of one body.”

Abundance means overflow.  The Life Christ promised was life that could not be contained in one life.  You have so much joy that you have to share, such a blessed assurance that you have to assure the insecure, and finally, you have so much (even though your material possessions may not be evident) that you don’t think twice about giving.

In conclusion, I would share this phrase which I believe sums up the abundant life in Jesus Christ.

“Live your life like you know that there is more than enough.”