When you here the phrase "Living the Dream" it is mostly used to
describe ones success or personal achievement(s) that has made their
life what they had hoped (dreamed) it would be. The Bible reveals two
kinds of life and although there are several Greeks words for life, we
will look at the two that are used the most to describe the life of
mankind . The first word is "psuche" which means "natural human life"
and the other word is "zoe" which means "life as God has it; everlasting
life or eternal life." Most Christians tend to only see life from the
natural perspective. This is very unfortunate, because those who only
see life from the natural are robbed of the truth that sets us free.
Jesus made some incredible remarks pertaining to life (zoe). Here are just a few; John 5:24 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and
believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come
into judgment, but has passed from death into life. John 10:10 "...I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." John 14:6 "Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." The apostle John tells us, John 20:31 "...these are written that you may believe that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His
name."
Observing these few scriptures we see that the believer is not to muddle
through life here on earth struggling in the natural kind of life.
Believers are to enjoy the abundant "life as God has it." What does this
mean? It means living the dream. One day, before we let Christ enter
our life, we were all living in the natural realm of life. We were
spiritually dead and did not understand that we were partakers of the
fallen nature that was ruled by our flesh. We did not understand that
man's fallen nature is the very nature of Satan. (John 8:44) We did not
realize that all sin, misery, sickness or as the apostle Paul reveals,
the works of the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21) were working death in us. But
the time came when God began to draw us to His Son (John 6:44) and we
confessed the Lordship of Jesus and received Him as Savior.
Even though many people have received Christ as Lord and Savior, a
serious problem still exists in their life. Today, most Christians still
equate sickness, disease, financial struggles, premature death and so
on as a part of the Christian life. Many Christians blame God when these
things come upon themselves, a loved one or someone they know? Many
Christians see these things as part of God's sovereign plan for their
life? Honestly, does this sound like "life as God has it?" Does this
sound anything like what Jesus or John said in the above scriptures?
Think about what they both said, "that they may have life (zoe), and that they may have it more abundantly."..."that believing you may have life (zoe) in His name."
When one confesses the Lordship of Jesus Christ and accepts Him as
Savior, God immediately gives life as He has it, eternal life. Think
about it from another perspective, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things
have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are
of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has
given us the ministry of reconciliation." (2 Corinthians 5:17-18)
Your spirit is made a new creation. This is an actual transformation of
your old fallen, fleshly, satanic nature into the nature of God or "life
as God has it." Now you can certainly allow the old nature to have
place, but in God's eyes, it has been wipe completely out "old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." (PTL)
As New Creation we are no longer sinners, beggars or even servants, but
sons and daughter of the Living God. (John 1:12, Romans 8:16, 1 John
3:1) Look at what Jesus says, "If you then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is
in heaven give good things to those who ask Him." (Matthew 7:11) Now
let's think about this logically. If you were a parent who had only one
child, would you want your child to have a life of sickness and misery?
If you were a parent and had two or more children, would you want one
of them to enjoy a good life and the others to struggle with sickness or
misery? What about if one of your children did something that you did
not approve of, would you want sickness or misery to come upon them as a
means to correct them or change their character? Absolutely not to all
of these questions!!!
Our hearts should break when we hear church leaders talk about our heavenly Father as a
loving God (He most certainly is) who allows sickness and misery to be
upon His children. That He allows sickness and misery to come upon His
children as some mysterious blessings. That He uses sickness and misery
as a way to discipline His children. That sickness and misery is one of
His ways to either draw His children closer to Him or some sort of
training tool to grow their faith. Jesus said, "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." (John
8:36) So, if you have received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior,
then you are free to live the rest of your life right here on planet
earth experiencing "life as God has it", free of sickness, disease,
financial struggles, premature death, misery and so on beginning now. "Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." (Mark 9:23) This means YOU!!! (Hallelujah)
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