More than Enough.

Call me Captain Obvious, but I just had a moment where I realised how amazing God is.

I was singing a song in my head, that goes "You came to Earth to die, so that I could live"... which is basically the message of the most famous scripture ever quoted; John 3:16...
"For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not die, but have everlasting life".

I've remembered that verse, off by heart since I was a small child. I didn't grow up going to church regularly, but I did know my John 3:16. But for some reason, all my life I have also kind of viewed this everlasting life like some kind of MacGyver existence, like a Wonka's everlasting Gobstopper... like something I know to be true, yet seems too good for that label of truth.

But the honest truth is, God 'so loved' that He gave. That was his knee-jerk response to love. Sometimes we think that we are so generous because we gave out of our lack, or did something that nobody asked us to do, or even secretly let go of our own agenda to lift up somebody else's. And yeah, all of this is great. That's the kind of stuff a Christian is made of. But here's the thing: the most generous thing I could ever do pails in comparison to the generosity that Jesus has already shown. We can't outgive God. We can try, and heck - lets try- but know this... God gave it all.

We give up money... we give up time... we give up dreams... we give up our plans... but not one of us could give our life for the eternity of humanity. Not one of us. That was Jesus's job, and he's done it. Regardless of whether you believe he did it or not, it is done.

Funny thing is, when he gave up his life... thats where He really found his purpose. His pain, my gain. His gift gave me life.