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ALL THINGS IN JESUS I FIND 

2/18/07 Bro. Lee Dotson

Our world is full of unhappy and dissatisfied people. For this reason, people everywhere are looking for answers to the emptiness they feel inside. These people will try anything, if it might bring them some sort of satisfaction or happiness. Perhaps this explains why there is so much divorce, suicide, thoughts of suicide, drug dependency, alcohol abuse, criminal behavior, prostitution, sexual impurity, depression, pornography, eating disorders, emotional, and psychological disorders. We are messed up. So, what is the solution? Materialism and wealth? Pleasure and enjoyment? Power and prestige? Religion? Wisdom and understanding? Everybody has an answer. But I believe the Bible when it says in, "Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."

There is an answer to the eternal question, "How do I find happiness and satisfaction in life?" Jesus stated in John 10:10 the purpose of why he came. He said, "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly". What did Jesus mean when he said that we can have "life more abundantly?. A good dictionary will define the word "abundantly" as "complete, perfect, being at the highest or greatest degree, the maximum". So when this word is in reference to one’s life, it would mean a life that is complete, not lacking in anything essential. It would imply that one’s life was successful, superior, having an abundance of quality and life. The good news is that not only did Jesus come to save us, but he also came to give us an abundant life. Jesus said, "I have come, that they may have life, and have it more abundantly." This tells me that God desires that his children are living a life full of happiness, peace, and a genuine friendship with God. Through Jesus, it is without a doubt, still available today. It can be done and Jesus came to do it! Christians call this quality of living, "Abundant Life!"