Jesus Wants You To Have Abundant Life - Part 2 - Pursuing Intimacy With God
Jesus Wants You To Have Abundant Life – Part 2
In Part 1 of “Jesus Wants You To Have Abundant Life” we looked at how Jesus is The Source of abundant life and eternal life in heaven. Without Jesus you cannot have a restored personal relationship with God. And there will be no close fellowship and intimacy with God without Jesus. Also, without Jesus you will never have the full and abundant life that He wants you to have. Nor will you have eternal life in heaven after this life without Jesus.
Now we will continue to see the many spiritual riches that Jesus wants to fill your life with. These various spiritual riches make up the full abundant life Jesus very much wants you to have.
Jesus Wants You To Have Abundant Life
Jesus Is The Source Of Abundant Life
Jesus wants you to have abundant life. He wants your life to be full of fulfillment, satisfaction, love, joy, peace, rest, health, wholeness… Jesus is The Source of all of these things. Only through a restored relationship with Jesus and then close fellowship with Him will you have all of these things that make up abundant life. Without Jesus there is no abundant life.
Jesus Wants You To Have Abundant Life
Jesus Wants To Fill You With Love
“God so loved the world (you and I) that he gave his one and only Son …” – John 3:16
“God demonstrated his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. – Romans 5:8
“… how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ for you.” – Ephesians 3:18
“God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit.” – Romans 5:3
This love that Jesus wants to fill you with is “agape” love. It is the kind of selfless, self sacrificing love that Jesus demonstrated for you when He died on the cross for your sins. Jesus wants to fill your heart with His very own love and faithfulness and total devotion for God The Father. And Jesus wants to fill your heart with His love for others.
Jesus Wants To Fill You With Joy
“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” – John 15:11
“I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices… you will fill me with joy in your presence…” – Psalm 16:8-9,11
” The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.” – Psalm 19:8
Many people confuse true joy with temporary happiness when circumstances are good. The joy that Jesus wants to fill you with is a supernatural joy that does not depend on circumstances. It is a joy that only Jesus can give you. It is a joy that only comes by having close fellowship with Jesus and by actively participating in God’s kingdom work and mission.
Jesus Wants To Fill You With Peace
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast (fixed on you), because he trusts in you.” – Isaiah 26:3
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” – John 14:27
“The Lord is near. Do not be anxious for anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanks-giving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:5-7
Only Jesus can give you true peace. Peace that fills you no matter what your circumstances are like. No matter what troubles or difficulties you are facing.
Jesus Wants You To Have Abundant Life
Jesus Wants To Give You Rest
“Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” – Matthew 11:28-29
“Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.” – 1 Peter 5:7
Whenever you face trials or difficulties that are too much for you to bear, run to Jesus. Jesus wants you to trust Him and totally depend on Him. And He wants to carry your burdens and give you rest. A rest that only Jesus can give you in the middle of the storms of life.
A key to this type of rest is first to have close fellowship with Jesus. Where Jesus is your First Love, Treasure, and Passion. And then to trust Jesus and run to Him with your burdens. And by faith cast your burdens into Jesus’ hands and let Him help you with them.
Another key to having Jesus’ rest is to “take His yoke upon you”. That means totally surrendering and letting go of your own will, desires, interests, and priorities. And then following Jesus’ will and His desires, interests, and priorities.
Healing, Health, Wholeness
“that you may be filled with the fullness of God” – Ephesians 3:19)
” He has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners,… to comfort all who mourn… to bestow on them a crown of beauty, gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.” – Isaiah 61:1-3
” Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise your name.” – Psalm 142:7
Names of God: “Jehova Rophe”- our healer, health, wholeness ; Jesus – “The Great Physician”
Jesus wants to make you whole, and full of the spiritual riches that He wants you to have. And Jesus wants to bless you with these, so that you can bless others. Bless others with the gift of salvation and a restored relationship with God. And bless others to grow closer to Jesus and more like Him.
In Part 3 we will continue to look into how Jesus wants you to have abundant life.
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