Lesson # 3 God Promises an Abundant Life!

Just to make it clear from the start- before lessons accumulate and someone credits the wrong source.  These are not my lessons.  I am not teaching or preaching anything from my capacity.  I'm empty.  If I were full of lessons to teach from "me", I'd be full of it, all right.

No.  This series of lessons is simply things I learned.  My lessons from God.  I share what I have learned with you because His wisdom is for everyone.  He can teach through me.  He can do anything He wants with this blog.  I learned a lot from His mighty hand.  And I am recording the lessons on paper lest I forget.

So a lesson from Hurricane Hilo- Lesson # 3 in my blog- is to make perfectly clear who gets the credit.  Jesus is the Teacher, Author, and final Authority.  These are His lessons.  Nurse Veronica's words continue to ring in my ears:  "Remember Who is in control here, not you!  God is in control!"

If your day seems 'out of control', perhaps you've forgotten Who's in charge.  It's good for me to reflect on His character:

• Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:2) ~ He writes my story.
• God is the beginning and the end; the All-Powerful (Revelation 1:8) ~His is the last say.
• Jesus is the bread of life (John 6:35) ~What am I hungry for?
• He is the Good Shepherd (John 10:14) ~A most trustworthy guide.
• The Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)~ Ah, to rub shoulders with that kind of peace!

John 10:10 says the enemy has come to steal, and kill, and destroy.  

Steal our peace of mind. Steal a good night's sleep.  Steal our joy.  Kill our dreams.  Kill all hope. Kill our enthusiasm.  Destroy relationships.  Destroy life, itself.  

John 10:10 goes on to say, "But I (Jesus is talking) came that you may have LIFE and have it in abundance!  Have it to the full. Till it overflows!"

Abundant peace. Abundant rest.  Abundant joy.  Dreams-come-true. Hope eternal. Abundant energy and enthusiasm, and good relationships.  Abundant LIFE.

I learned some of these things from childhood.  But some lessons don't stick the first time around.  Hurricane Hilo left an imprint on my soul.  Every "abundance" I could imagine (and beyond my imagination) poured upon my family during and after this storm.  

As hard as "this" is for you right now, (whatever this is) grab hold of the truth of John 10:10.  He comes into your life to bring an overflow of goodness through this.  Even this.