The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10
The original Greek word for 'abundant' is Perissos. Here is the Strong's definition of that word:
perissos, per-is-sos'
From G4012 (in the sense of beyond); superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality); by implication excessive; adverb (with G1537) violently; neuter (as noun) preeminence: - exceeding abundantly above, more abundantly, advantage, exceedingly, very highly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, vehement [-ly].'Superabundant' -- I love that word! Jesus came so that we can choose to have a SUPERABUNDANT life! Hallelujah!
He came so that we can have the option to have a life that is exceeding abundantly above! A life beyond measure!
I hear so often people make comments and prayers, such as, "Well if it is God's will, so be it."
It is God's will for you to succeed and live an amazingly SUPERFLUOUS life!
When the Israelites arrived at the promised land, God had already provided them a land that had the potential of providing them a life BEYOND MEASURE! (Numbers 3:13-33)
When they arrived near the promise land, The Lord said to Moses, “Send men to explore Canaan, which I’m giving to the Israelites."
Notice in verse 3 that the men Moses was instructed to send out were LEADERS, not lay people.Forty days later the LEADERS Moses had sent into the land returned with thier report:
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. Numbers 13:25-33
God had already PROVIDED, given them the land! Caleb and Joshua knew this! He was ready to go and TAKE the land that was theirs.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39
God has provided us, through His Son, a blessed and abundant life. We cannot just sit back and let negative people (the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy - John 10:10) steal the life we are to live from us.
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Satan is a deceiver. If he can convince you there is no promise land (the abundant life we are intended to live in Christ Jesus), or if he can make it look like the giants in the land are just too big (the circumstances in your life, the mountains before you); then he has stolen what is yours in Christ Jesus right from under your nose.
Go forth, conquer your giants, and take the land you were intended to live!
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