I have had a burden for about a week to write up something about the true meaning of life but the words didn't seem to make sense each time i tried to turn them into sentences for the blog. Then yesterday i came across this in the daily devotional by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Open Heavens, and it nicely summed up the intended post for the blog. so i am simply going to paste it here and trust that as usual you would enjoy the read.

What Really is Life?

"In order to enjoy the things that God has provided for us through Jesus Christ, we need to have an in-depth understanding of what these things are; one of which is everlasting life. Out of God’s love for us, we have the privilege of partaking in this everlasting life (John 3:16); but what is everlasting life? This is life that never ends. It is the type of life that even death cannot terminate. It means, living with God inside of you on this earth, and continuing with this life after going through the gates of death. Eternity does not start after death, it starts now. Jesus declared thus in John 17:3:

“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

If you want to have eternal life, it starts with receiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, but it does not end there. It continues with having an intimate knowledge of God. It requires knowing His word. Every bit of God’s word that is revealed to you adds virtue to the life of God operating within you. Although some people are saved, they have little or no evidence of the presence of the divine life in them, because they do not know whom they have believed. How much do you know of Him who gave His life for you?

Apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 1:12 declared that:

“For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”

The knowledge of the Holy Trinity is the source of eternal life. The more you know Jesus, the more impossible it is for you to be made ashamed. The knowledge of Jesus drives away spiritual and physical shame. If you know Jesus, you will not be ashamed or shy of being identified with Him, or to suffer for Him. Knowing Him helps you to trust Him. The level of trust or confidence you place in God is a function of what you know about Him. Are you born-again? Congratulations! The eternal life of God is present inside you; but this has to be jealously guarded and sustained by building a more intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit, and by increasing in the knowledge of God."

sourced from http://rccgopenheavens.blogspot.com.ng/2015/11/eternal-life-starts-here-monday-16.html (18/11/2015)

Once we know what life really is then gaining it and living it as it should becomes a lot clearer. Not necessarily easier but definitely clearer. It begins here and now. Let us live and let it be eternal.

Peace.