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UNDERSTANDING DEATH AND THE SECRET OF ABUNDANCE LIFE
God values so much his holiness, reputation, respect, glory and integrity this is the reason he constrained himself to his words. Many people think that God can do anything he likes. Well, that is only half correct. God stops being sovereign the minute he speaks. This means that when God says “A”, he doesn’t do “B” not because he doesn’t have the power to but because of what is at stake -his reputation. God, therefore, limited his sovereignty or freewill in other to protect from destruction all that he is.
2. Instill the discipline of obedience into all lives: God wants all creation to obey him. The act of obedience means a lot to God, he enjoys it and to a very large extent, it’s an expression of love to God (John 15:10). Consequently, God created death to receive the obedience of all of his creations that He deserves thereby, ensuring a continued existence.
God is the source of abundant life and he really wants us to have it. This is why he sent his one and only son. “I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly.” John 10:10. The Bible also says, “… God has planted the desire for eternity (eternal life or abundant life) in the human heart...” Ecc. 3:11 and this desire is exclusive to God to fill. Abundant life are those things that satisfy the hunger for life that God has placed in the soul of man. In other words, they are those things that perfectly feet the divine programming of the human spirit and they include: peace, happiness, fulfillment, dominion, health, love, harmony, excellence, everlasting life prosperity, etc. It is a life of heaven on earth. God has programmed the human spirit to receive and embrace abundant life and not death. This is the reason why every human is constantly fighting against the works of death such as pains, rejection, frustration, emptiness of the soul, sorrow, depression, sickness, dissatisfaction, hardship, failure, poverty, short life span, etc. The passion for abundant life has continued to influence all of man’s activities and has caused him to experiment with different kinds of things like; the pursuit of wealth, religion, power, pleasure, education or intellectualism, loving and being loved, profession, and all sorts of exertions. Yet, none of his efforts has truly filled that vacuum that God created in his spirit. Only God has what it truly takes to fill the abundant life that man continues to express desire for consciously or unconsciously on a daily basis. Every other means are just speculation. The best they can give is a temporal fix. In other to receive the abundant life God has, we have a role to play. we must learn (it’s a must because there is no other way) to remain in God and continue to do his word. The Bible says that the word of God are life to those who find them. Prov. 4:22. The abundant life we desire can only be gotten from the word of God. Just as the seed needs the partnership of the soil to bear fruits, we need the partnership of God to bear the fruits of abundant life. The drive for abundant life should ignite a passion in us for God. God must become a vital necessity to us if we are ever going to gratify the quest for abundant life in our soul. We must never relent from seeking the will of God and being in harmony with His plans for our lives at all times.
PRAYER: I pray that God will create a hunger for him in our hearts. I pray that God will open our eyes to the understanding of the inevitable role he represents in our lives. I ask this in the name of Jesus, the Christ and son of living God.
Written by:
Alfred Osarenren