“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly.” John 10:10
DEVOTION – by Sonny Lallerstedt:
If Jesus came to bring life, it must mean that either we don’t have life, or the life we have isn’t what He meant for us to have.
Have you ever heard someone say “there must be more to life than this”?
Many of us don’t even realize that there is a thief, and that he wants to steal, kill, and destroy the opportunity for life that Jesus came to give us.
Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” NKJV.
We can’t see with our physical eyes the true war from which Jesus came to redeem us. We lost our sin free/death free life back in the Garden. The thief, otherwise known as Satan, started long ago to steal, kill, and destroy our lives, to distract us, to redirect us to becoming our own god, and thinking we can manufacture our own life.
Jesus has come that we might have His life, and have it to THE FULL! 2 Corinth 5:21 says, “For He (our Father) made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin for us (our name here) that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Jesus has come to set us free from the law of sin and death! Jesus has come to give us His life. When we receive Jesus into our lives by turning from our ways/our life, thanking Him for His forgiveness of our sin by His sacrifice on the cross, He comes into us by His Holy Spirit, imparting His life in us!! Praise Him for His lovingkindness towards us that’s better than life… because it’s His Life in us!
