BBD 01.18.16 Limitless Life (New)
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01.18.16
Limitless Life
I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was
given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him in
all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed
in you, so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be
blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you
were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. - 1
Corinthians 1:4-9 NKJV.
You may have watched or heard of the movie, “Limitless” that was
produced in 2011. There is also now a television series by the same name. Here
is the official description of the movie: “Facing unemployment and his girlfriend's rejection, writer
Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is sure that he has no future. That all changes
when an old friend gives him a drug that produces enhanced mental acuity.
Stoked on the untested chemical, Eddie rises to the top of the financial world
and attracts the attention of a tycoon (Robert De Niro) who intends to use him
to make a fortune. But terrible side-effects and a dwindling supply threaten to
collapse Eddie's house of cards.” The
description of the TV series is similar: “A man
gains the ability to use the full extent of his brain's capabilities. A
television adaptation of the 2011 film, 'Limitless'.”
The
type of life portrayed in the “Limitless” movie and television series is
science fiction. Will it someday be possible? That we do not know. What we do
know is that our God offers through Jesus Christ a far better “limitless” life.
Jesus gives us an indication of what this better “limitless” life is like in John 10:10b NKJV, “I have come that they may have life, and
that they may have it more abundantly.” Also in John
7:38 Jesus says, “He who believes in Me, as the
Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
Jesus also tells us in Matthew 21:22, “And whatever
things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” The limitless
life Jesus offers is far better with unlimited resources, strength and access.
Through
Jesus we have unlimited resources which the apostle Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 1:7 NKJV, “so that you come short in no gift
(do not lack any spiritual gift - NIV), eagerly waiting
for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Through Jesus we have
unlimited strength or power and Paul says in 1
Corinthians 1:8 NKJV, “who will also confirm you (keep you strong - NIV) to the
end.” And through Jesus we have unlimited access to the Creator of all
things, “God is faithful, by whom you were called into
the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord (1 Corinthians 1:9).”
The writer of Hebrews tells us, “Let us therefore come
boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help
in time of need (Hebrews 4:16 NKJV).”
What is
necessary for us to experience the limitless kind of life that God promises us
through Jesus? What is necessary is the surrender of our will, our plans, our
goals to the will of God for our lives. Only then will we begin to experience
the limitless life that Jesus came to give us. “I
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable
service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and
perfect will of God (Romans 12:1-2 NKJV).”
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