About receiving life…
Deuteronomy 9:9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of
stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on
the mountain forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.
(NIV)
At first thought, you do not need to receive life because you already have
life. However, for millions of people, and for all of us, there can be times in
our life when the life we have does not seem like it is worth very much. The
truth is your life is diminished from the very moment of your birth. The moment
you are born you begin to experience the pain of hunger and thirst. What could
be a perfect life of no wants and no needs is only a far off dream, for on this
earth, when we are alive, we have pain from unfilled wants and needs. The pain
of unfilled wants and needs diminishes you and takes away much of the meaning,
purpose, and joy of life. However, all is not lost. You can have in this life a
new life that is not diminished. In this life, you can have a life that is not
reduced down by your human wants and needs. In this life, when you receive
Christ and the love He has for you, you then receive His power that is a new
power over the wants and needs that take you down. When you receive Christ, His
love comes alive within you and you are not resting in defeat but resting in
victory. When you receive Christ, you have received the way, the truth, and the
life.
