A Life of Abundance - What is it?
10 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 NKJ
Abundance is living under an open heaven; like having heaven on earth where everything that you could ever want or need is provided to you. If you are a Christian, this life is already yours, but you need to step into it. You can have something provided to you, but you still need to go out there and get it.
You can provide a lunch for someone. You could even have taken it them and put it in their hands, but they still need to receive it and eat it in order for the meal to satisfy their hunger.
Abundance has already been provided to you. You are at odds against a very real thief who wants to take what is yours and destroy it just like he did in the Garden. As long as this abundance stays hidden from your eyes, the thief has done his job. Open your eyes to see the opportunities for abundance in your life that are around you. Many of us already have opportunities but because they've been with us for so long, we overlook them and don't realize the true value they have.
I have a friend who writes poetry. When I read samples of her work, I found she was highly gifted but she does not see the value of the gift she already has and as a result, she has not taken the time to develop herself in her gift. She spends her time pursuing other avenues of income. I have another friend who is a great singer. Unfortunately, he is so busy chasing money that his gift is left on the sidelines of his life. The point I'm trying to make is this. Each of us already has a gift / talent that we have been given and it is up to us to develop ourselves in our talents so that we are fruitful and multiply.
Abundance is what you make it – it's a relative amount. We all understand that abundance is having more than enough; not just having your needs met, but having the "and then some" in your life! That amount is specific to your heart and your desires! If you don't want anything, that abundance threshold is probably lower than someone who wants the million dollar home, cars and monthly family vacations! This abundance is all dependent on what you see that you can have.
28And God blessed them and said to them, be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.
Genesis 1:28 AMP
You were intended to live a life where God was your provider and all your needs were met. You not only have provision, but you need to receive provision for your life. Like the two friends I mentioned above, they keep looking for provision in other places without looking at the obvious right in front of them. Just because they have a gifting, does not mean that they do not still need instruction to perfect their gift. Not all things come instantaneously. Many famous actors had testimonies of years of struggle before they got to the place of stardom.
There was also the command to be fruitful and multiply. You were to take what was already provided to you and do what ever it took to be fruitful and multiply it. You have to apply wisdom and knowledge to your talent. Get educated about being the best in your gift / talent. This might mean you take a class or even go back to school. What ever you choose, if you follow your gift, in due time, you'll reap the abundance of the Garden. This may seem like it'll take a long time to get to this place, but that's not always going to be true. Sometimes it'll be an instant decision and you will reap rewards immediately. Each person has a different journey to take. The only point is to develop your gift / talent that has already been provided to you.
What is your life like? Are you fruitful? What kind of life are you multiplying? If you don't like what you see, God already provided for us atonement for our lives – Jesus! Along with Jesus comes the power to change your life! That's right! You can change your circumstances. You no longer have to be bound to the past. Rather you were given the fast-track pass to move forward into the Garden.
Do you know that negativity will also multiply? Do you also realize that you may be fruitful in the negative aspect of life? As you can take a gift / talent and be fruitful and multiply it, you can also do the same with a negative thought or idea. Here's what I mean. How many of you ladies have had the experience where your husband doesn't come home on time when he's supposedly "out with the boys"? You get to thinking about him being late and you get a little mad. Then you start wondering where he's at and you get a little angrier. Boom! A flashback picture of what he might be doing and that's it! You're furious at that point and then he walks in 20 minutes later than when he said he'd be home by. My point is this. One small thing turned into something huge because we focused on the negative seed, allowed emotions and fears to water it and multiply it and a negative fruit was yielded. If you can do this for negative ideas, try doing it with the positive ideas. It'll take some practice, but you'll definitely get there and the more you practice doing it, the easier it'll get.
You have to begin to "see" the abundant provision around you. God has already or will put into your life all of what you need to get back to the Garden! That's why He's God! You need to take another look at your life! How do you do that? The first step is to ask God to show you what He sees for you!
Change is a good thing although we don't always see it that way. Your life has a structure to it and it'll probably be painful to break that structure down but you need to do it. Why? It's like this. You will essentially be trying to fit the abundance of God into your little box of a life. I can say that because I tried to do the same thing. I resisted God's changes for me because I didn't know what to expect – fear of the unknown. At least I knew what I could expect from what I already had even if it couldn't possibly score in the top million of the "Most Glorious" or "Best-in-Category" of lifestyles. The point I'm trying to make is this – in order to have something new or different in your life, you've got to do something new or different. Are you trying to do the same thing expecting different results each time? That's insanity!
Change what you see in your life. See the blessings, the abundance already placed there for you! See that your life is a land full of opportunities – opportunities to love and be loved, opportunities to create more and more avenues of financial income – you get the idea.
Abundance is a mindset; not a destination. Abundance, like being blessed, wealth and prosperity, must exist first in the mind before you'll begin to see it in your life. You have to think, breathe, and live abundance before it ever shows up in your bank account! These are concepts, not a means to an end.
Abundance is something you have to decide to step into. The provision is already there. Instantly you can choose to live a life of abundance and you'll begin to have it. Ideas and thoughts of manifested abundance will be the engine to get you there. Taking steps to make your idea or thought a reality will be like driving your car on the "abundance journey" and when you reach there, you will the full manifested abundant idea or thought.
Abundance should be in all areas of your life; not just in your finances! You should have a marriage with love in abundance. Your children should experience love in abundance. Your financial income should be in abundance. Your health should be in abundance. Your relationship with God should be in abundance! You should not lack anything! Nothing should be missing or broken in your life. That is a life of abundance!
The Christian life was not intended to be a hard life. The hardest burden we were intended to carry was love; true, agape love for people. We weren't meant to deal with half of the things we deal with, but we continue to deal with them because we've not yet surrendered it whole heartedly to God. We are supposed to give our issues to God and wait and listen for His direction. Are you trapped in the mindset that things are supposed to be a certain way in your life? If things seem shaky or like they are changing, they probably are, but it's to bring in the better that God has for you. Everything is on loan in this world.
I met a woman who showed me how she saw public housing as being a blessing from God. She was previously homeless and she told me how she asked God to bring her this house and He did! That truly is a blessing from God, but she still was not meant to stay there. He still has better things in store for her just as He has better things in store for you. Let go of your material possessions. Just because He brought that thing to you doesn't mean that it is the best for you and you will need to keep it all the days of your life! What is new becomes old and when it is old, we will need to bring in the new. Everything is built step by step, layer by layer.
What is it like if you don't have abundance? You have lack or a lacking mindset. Do you have a passionless life? Let's just say that you need some stirring. Are you worried about bills? Are you constantly fighting with your husband? With God's plan, we should have nothing missing; nothing broken in our lives.
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