“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.”
The Comparison
Jesus names abundantly here, worth examining directly, worth holding as this third movement’s own opening claim, genuine abundance actually offered, not the comparative accumulation this whole book has honestly named as dangerous, but this described, different kind of genuine, life- giving fullness.
This third movement, turning from this book’s learned contentment toward actual, lived overflow, opens with this crucial contrast. The thief steals, kills, destroys, worth holding as this verse’s own naming of comparison’s actual, destructive pattern, contrasted directly with Christ’s own, genuinely abundant offering.
This is worth applying against however much you have assumed genuine abundance and the comparative accumulation this book has honestly warned against were essentially the same thing, rather than this verse’s own direct contrast, worth examining what life more abundantly might actually, genuinely mean, apart from comparison.
Consider today what this described, genuine abundance, apart from comparative accumulation, might actually look like in your own life, receiving Christ’s own offer directly, life more abundantly, worth trusting as this movement’s own genuine, positive aim, not the counterfeit this whole book’s first movement honestly named.
Choose Contentment
- Consider what genuine abundance, apart from comparative accumulation, might actually look like.
- Notice the contrast this verse names between the thief’s destruction and Christ’s genuine abundance.
- Receive today Christ’s own offer of life more abundantly, trusting this as this movement’s actual aim.
Prayer
Lord, you came that I might have life, and have it more abundantly. Let me receive this genuine abundance, distinct from the comparative accumulation I have wrongly pursued. Amen.
Carry this today
Genuine abundance in Christ is distinct from the comparative accumulation this book has warned against.