The fullness of life does not necessarily mean our outward circumstances are successful. Either financially or situationally or activity in church. At times it may look like this, but often it does not. Often it looks like difficulty.

“For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭36:9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The fullness of life is an inward pulling from the life of Jesus Christ. It is an inward seeing and hearing of Jesus Christ that settles a person from the inside our. That guides a person, that directs a person. Not from manipulating and controlling and making things appear a certain way about ourselves. Then proudly boasting “look I’m rich”, or “look I’m full time at church”, or “look I’m active… this is fullness of life.”

People who teach others to do that are very confused. Our lives should not be engineered to look a certain way to allow us to say we are living by the fullness of life. That’s a waste and an insult to the reality of Christ.

As we seek Jesus first in all things without pretense without controls, as we surrender and obey him then we are able to walk in the fullness of eternal life. But it’s his full life we walk in not a manipulated version of our life based on our preconceived ideas of success.