Where does your mind go when you hear those 2 words?
[really...take a moment...what are you picturing?]
Is it something you've ever experienced? Or is it something you're waiting for, something far in the future?
Saturday night I (John) got to speak on the topic in a believers' meeting near Seattle. I presented my thesis: all of us are created to experience "eternal life" right here and right now. The apostle John defined it this way:
If this is something you experience, then you are experiencing eternal life already. If not, why wait? I waited 12 years from the day I believed 'til the day I began this human-divine dialogue. I wish I hadn't. If it sounds intimidating, well, it's not rocket science; in fact it's no more complex than any other relationship you have--speaking and being spoken to. What's more, you were created to experience it, so it'll come more naturally than you may think.
The next time you read His Word, know that He intended it to be living and active, just as it claims, and it is the primary means by which you can know Him even now.
