Enjoy Life In Christ!
"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill,
and to destroy. I have come that they may have life,
and that they may have it more abundantly."
John 10:10
A well-worn criticism of Christians is that, “Christians live in constant
fear that someone, somewhere is having fun!” The implication is that
the following is true: Only non-Christians are able to live a happy
life,
unencumbered by the rules and regulations of religion. Nothing can
be further from the truth, of course, as evidenced by the words
of
Jesus Himself.
When Jesus described Himself as the Good Shepherd - John 10,
He was making a clear reference to the Old Testament image of
God as Israel’s shepherd (Psalm 23; Ezekiel 34). It is God who
called His people into existence as a nation and promised to
meet all their needs.
The notion that God desires to subject His people to joyless
lives of deprivation is contrary to Paul’s words as well:
God gives grace that we might have all we need.
(2 Corinthians 9:8)
Are you enjoying the joyful, abundant life in Christ that
God has provided? The same God who has given us
Jesus Christ will give us all other things as well.
(Romans 8:32)
"Too many Christians envy the sinners their
pleasure and the saints their joy because
they don’t have either one."
Martin Luther
