Enough is Enough

There’s a statement you may have heard before. It’s a common thought that plagues many of us, and trying to reconcile it with our faith can be pretty tough…

You are enough.

Is it a truth, or is it a lie, or is it a loaded statement with far more there than meets the eye?

The word nerd in me wants to break it down a bit, and the Word lover in me knows a couple verses that may help with that.

“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,” (2 Corinthians 3:5, ESV)

“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ESV)

So, are you enough or are you not enough? That is the question.

It’s a question in which the answer is found when you break it down.

Reword the statement.

Redefine what, or rather who, makes you worthy.

And refine your perspective by renewing your mind.

The truth is you are not enough, but Christ in you is more than enough!

The burden and pressure to do all the things to earn your enoughness is off.

The freedom to be who God created you to be places Christ’s enoughness on you.

When you surrender your life to Christ, you are in Christ, and you are enough because He will always be more than enough.

It’s not enough to be aware of this truth. We have to be fully convinced of it if we’re going to truly rest in it, stand up on it, and find our strength in it.

We are not enough, and we never will be. We will be never be smart enough, strong enough, or savvy enough to overcome our weakness.

But in the areas we lack, He promises to pick up the slack.

There’s not a program we can purchase, a supplement we can take, or a list we can make that can provide fool proof results in overcoming weakness.

These things may help, but true strength and power is not found in being helped by the world’s ways, but in being held by His amazing grace.

So, we can stay in the vicious cycle of striving for more, or we can stay in the victorious place of grace, being helped and held by Him, knowing Jesus is all the more we will ever need.

His more than enough will always be enough to cover our not enough.

His all sufficiency and grace give us perfect peace and rest when we are weary in our weakness.

And that, my friends, is all the power we need to know this truth that sets us free.

We are not enough, but we are enough in Him. The end.