Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Life Abundant

"Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen" (Galatians 1:3-5, emphasis mine).

This has been on my mind lately: salvation isn't just for the future. Being saved isn't about "fire insurance," isn't about a fearful decision to avoid eternal hell. Salvation is now...Christ came to rescue us now, to rescue us from ourselves and our sin, to reconcile us to Himself now, to set us free to know Him and live abundantly today and for eternity...


Did You come that we might just survive?
Did You come so we could just get by?
Did You walk among us
so we might merely limp along beside?
I was bound, I have been set free
But I have settled for apathy
Did You come to make me new
And know I'd crawl right back into the skin You found me in?
It's where I am, not where I've been

You make me want to live
You make me want to live
You came to shake us and to wake us up to something more
Than we'd always settled for
And You make me want to live

We've all been up on the mountaintop
A golden glow that's bound to soon wear off
And then it's back to the mundane
Telling tales of glory days when we were hopeful
That this change was here to stay

You make me want to live
You make me want to live
You came to shake us and to wake us up to something more
Than we'd always settled for
And you make me want to live

So why would a young man live in a wasteland
When the castle of his dreams is standing by?
And why would a princess put on an old dress
To dance with her beloved and the chance to catch His eye?

You make me want to live
You make me want to live
You came to shake us and to wake us up to something more
Than we'd ever felt before
Wake us up to something more
Than we'd always settled for
And You make me want to live
You make me want to live

--Nichole Nordeman, "Live"


"I came that they may have life and have it abundantly" (John 10:10).
The ultimate abundance of eternal life is the pinnacle, but not the exclusive aim--He came that we might have life, that we might truly live today...

1 comment:

dottie said...

thanks, amy, for the great reminder of abundant life. these lyrics from nichole nordemon are fabulous.
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