You ARE Enough!

I had a dream that I couldn’t get in to a very important meeting. The meeting unlocked the key to me getting something I wanted and I was stopped at the door by a lady with a clipboard who said that my clothes were too stained and I would have to change. I ran back to my room searching for unstained clothes—unable to find anything that would work. Eventually I sat in a pool of my clothes and tears, dejected and feeling inadequate. I wouldn’t be able to get what I wanted because of my stains.

That feeling of inadequacy haunted me as I awoke this morning. It is a feeling that I feel at times (I won’t say often but enough). And tears welled in my eyes as I imagined that I was not alone—that so many of you awoke this morning or walk through your lives feeling inadequate. You feel as though the “stains” of your life hold you back and prevent you from getting all that you want out of life. You’re not blaming anyone else but yourself for the fact that life hasn’t turned out the way you want. And there are days when you sit in the middle of your mess feeling hopeless and inadequate.

The Good News is that you don’t have to stay in that hopeless space. I began to be reassured this morning that God fills in the gaps where I am not enough. The Bible tells us:

⁵ Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,… ⁸ And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

2 Corinthians 3:5, 9:8 (NASB)

Now that’s a good word! Through God we become enough! With that knowledge, attack your day and your circumstances with power. With that understanding, encourage yourself in the Lord to complete those things that you once felt held back from. You can do it. You ARE enough!

Be encouraged,

MinD