The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
John 10:10
Jesus lays out the enemy’s plan for each person born on our planet. His first goal is to steal us. As God’s sheep we are the one avenue of vulnerability that our Father. We are the only way for Satan to hurt God. Since he has already failed to dethrone the Father and to claim Christ in death we are what is left for him to attack. His hate for us is great. We are his targets of choice.
Those of us who have come into God’s family through the work of Jesus are especially targeted. His desire for us is to kill us. He wants to take us out of action permanently. Since that fails in the short-term he plans for our destruction. If he can get us to move into some area of sin that limits our arena of ministry he will settle for that until death eventually claims us. Jesus revealed him as a murderer from the beginning.
Jesus’ plan is for us to have fullness in our life. Satisfaction in our lifestyle is His gift to those who receive what he has done for them. Jesus doesn’t have just survival planned for us. He has overflowing life in store for us. He is the Good Shepherd who leads us in ways that bring life not existence. We are blessed to have a God who plans for us with grace that lifts us beyond subsistence. He is more than a God who lives somewhere out there. He is a living God who authors life and blessings for that life.
Following A Lover Not A Liar,
Pastor Jason
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