(Not) Enough

 

Today’s online devotional was delivered to my inbox early this morning. When I clicked on it, I was greeted with “not ________ enough.” The author talked about how often we listen to Satan’s lies that we are not whatever-enough, and it boils down to us thinking we are insufficient. I can relate, as can almost any woman or teenage girl, I would imagine. I could make a whole laundry list of things I am not “enough”:  I am not loud enough, decisive enough, tall enough,  fit enough, healthy enough, unhealthy enough (oddly enough J), normal enough, cautious enough, spontaneous enough, discreet enough, smart enough, pretty enough…… and the list goes on and on. But that thinking is wrong. It’s not about being “enough” of the things I am weakest or strongest at. It is about being strong and confident in the who I am and whose I am, and humble enough to realize that I don’t have to be “enough”.

            Matthew West says it beautifully in his song, Strong Enough:  “I know I’m not strong enough to be everything that I’m supposed to be. I give up. I’m not strong enough. Hands of mercy won’t you cover me, Lord right now I’m asking you to be strong enough (strong enough) for the both of us.” It continues with my favorite part of the song, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. And I don’t have to be strong enough.”  You could take any of the words in my list and substitute them for “strong” in those lines. We don’t have to be enough of anything, because Jesus is PLENTY. Period.  All we need is to be His.  And let me tell you, on days like today, that is enough.