God loves each of us more than we could possible imagine...really! His love is so great that our mere mortal hearts and minds cannot comprehend it. And therefore like any loving parent, He wants to give us the world but He is sooo in love with us that He wants to make sure that anything He ever gives us will never take His place in our hearts. Therefore He wants to make sure that He is enough for us, period. But the amazing thing is that when He is enough for us, when deep in the fibers of our souls, HE IS ENOUGH, then He gives us the things we desire.
So the question we must ask ourselves EVERYDAY is "Is He enough for me today?
If all that I have...my relationships, my job, my car, my house, my bank account, my freedom, etc. is taken away from me today is it enough that I have you in my life Lord?" I believe we need to wake up every morning and re-evaluate God's role in our lives. We need to reflect on our lives and our hearts and be honest with ourselves and God see if He is enough today.
And if He is not, then we need to be honest with Him and say "God today you are not enough for me, please help me realize that you are enough for me!" You see God knows the place He has in our hearts and He wants us to be honest with Him. There is a story in the Bible in Luke chapter 9 where a father brings his son to Jesus to be healed. When he asks for Jesus to heal the boy, Jesus responds by telling the man to believe because everything is possible if you believe. Then the father answers with what I think is a huge key for our lives, his response is "Lord I believe, help me with my unbelief." The father has some faith but he also has some doubt (sound familiar). But the amazing thing is that the man even goes to Jesus for help with his unbelief.
That is the same attitude we need to have. We often think we can keep our shortcomings and our doubts from God. But that is not what He wants, He wants us to go to Him with all our junk. In the story Jesus goes on to grant the father's request and heals the boy. The truth is we all have doubt, we all struggle with Him not being enough.
The goal is to grow in the days when we can say "Jesus you are enough for me today...If everything I have is taken from me today, you are enough Lord! So my question to you is "Is He enough for you today?"..:
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