Dear pastor,
I want to remind you that in Christ there is enough.
An oft-repeated mantra of defeat in our lives is “there’s not enough…”
We may finish this statement declaring that there isn’t enough time or that we don’t have enough energy or that we just don’t have enough help. And we may be proclaiming these things with what we believe to be a fair assessment of the facts. And yet the reality is that we are propagating lies.
The truth is that in Christ, I have enough time. I have time to pray, I have time to invest in what really matters, I have time to do it right. In Christ, I have enough time in my day and in my week to accomplish what God has given me to do. This is not wishful thinking or “name it and claim it”-prosperity gospel. Instead, this is the Biblical truth that all that God calls us to He makes possible. He never commands us to do something that He does not provide for.
I hope you have caught the condition for there being enough. We have to be with Him and in Him. The reason we often say that we don’t have enough is that we look at what is in our hands or minds or on our plates and declare “I don’t have enough _______”. But how quickly we forget that all that belongs to the Father is ours. We are heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ. We are children of promise.
Please begin this practice in your everyday life: start saying off and on throughout the day “There is enough…in Christ”. Remind yourself that there is enough time to pray and read the Bible unhurried and undistracted before you attempt to go on God’s behalf. Remind yourself that there is enough patience in Christ to meet with that person, there is enough grace in Christ to redeem that situation, there is enough supply in Christ to provide for what humanity cannot. And of course also remember to ask God to uncover, reveal, provide and distribute His abundant supply. The language of the kingdom of God is the language of asking (not hinting or demanding) and as we ask God we will see His super-abundance poured out.
I am so thankful that there is enough, that God is enough, and that He is with me and for me.
Oh yeah, be strong and courageous, He is with you and for you as well!
Christ in us, the hope of glory
Mike J
Pastor Encouragement 