You Are Not Enough

By Cymone Canada
By Dave Grogan
By Arnie Fenton
By Dan Millner
By Alex Joseph
By Samantha Harton
By Bailey Catone
By Colin Campbell
By Barb Harris
By Mark Mercer
By Sereena Bexley
By Vennecia Jackson
By Mary Lata Thottukadavil
By Michael Agnew
By AJ Jerkins
By Caroline Smiley
By Kathy Whitthorne
By Dawn Johnson
By DJ Newman
By Mary Weyand
By Rob Nickell
By Kathy Whitthorne
By Nila Odom
By Sherene Joseph Rajadurai
By Kristi Sheffy
By Sharon Arrington
By Sarah Crawford
By Betsy Paul
By Angel Piña
By Elizabeth Piña
By Chris Kuykendall
By Matt Holland
By Jessie Yearwood
By Brian Severski
By Brian Arrington
By Will Meier
By Clint Calhoun
By Jen Mayes
By Jim Henry
By Kevin Harwood
By Leah Vanhorn
By Janett Miller
By Isaac Harris
By Chad Golden
By Jonathan Cortina
By Kuruvilla (K.O.) Oommen
By John Dyer
By Abe Paul
By Lauren Geppert
By Jennifer Durrett
By Jill Asibelua
By Jared Barnett
By Paul Martin
By Norm Headlam
By Kristi Herring
By Sissy Mathew
By Shannon Pugh
By Al Palamara
By Michelle Garza
By Armando Galvan
By Camille Holland
By Rod Myers
By Crystal Elwell
By Darcy Peterson
By Jason Elwell
By Barry Jones
By Bryan Eck
By Tricia Kinsman
By Craig Pierce
By Jim Woodward
By Andy McQuitty
By Kevin Dial
By Julie K. Rhodes
By Anonymous
By Jasmine Bibbs
By Debra Fournerat
By Kat Armstrong
By Jeffery Link
By Courtney Faucett
By Lenae Moore
By Tiffany Stein
By Andy Webb
By Catherine Boyle
By Catherine & Elizabeth Downing
By Gerald Ridgway
By Jill Hoenig
By Sunitha John
By Tarrin Henry
By RozeLee Rugh
By Beverly Hogan
By Kendra Cordero
By Lisa Gajewski
By Bonnie Goree
By Young-Sam Won
By Chris Beach
By Tom Rugh
By Nick Vuicich
By Andy Franks
By Lead Team
By Jason Roszhart
By Harvard Medical School
By Justin K. Hughes, MA, LPC
By Sherene Joseph
By Earl Davidson
By Rebecca Perry
By Joe Padilla
By Christian Melendez
By Bruce Riley
By Isaac Harris
By Amy Leadabrand
By Ben Haile
By Shaun Robinson
By Natalie Franks
By Cathy Barnett
By Ryan Sanders
By Casey Pruet, The Grace Alliance
By Sharon Arrington
By Lauren Chapin
By Betsy Paul
By Alberto Negron
By Kelly Jarrell
By Michelle Mayes
By Jenn Wright
By Jill Jackson
By Terri Moore
By Robyn Wise
By Katherine Holloway
By Richard Ray
By Kurtlery Knight
By Bruce Hebel
By Neil Tomba
By Tony Bridwell
By Grayson McGovern
By Luke Donohoo
By Kathy Whitthorne
By Mike Moore
By Wade Raper
By Mike Gwartney
By Jo Saxton
By Dieula Previlon
By Jonathan Cude
By Ken Lawrence
By Jay Hohfeler
By Barb Haesecke
By Lindsay Casillas
By JoAnn Hummel
By Shawn Small
By Alice McQuitty
By Jonathan Murphy
By Peggy Norton
By Brent McKinney
By Irving Bible Church
By Irving Bible Church
By Ashley Tieperman
By Betsy Nichols
By Trey Grant
By Debbie Lucien
By Sue Edwards
By Suzie Robinson
By Paul Smith

Did you know you aren’t enough? I know, that’s a harsh way to start off your Wednesday, but, it’s true, you aren’t enough. I am not enough. We are not enough. But, there is some good news. Jesus is enough. And even better news? He is enough FOR us. When we have new life in Christ, he makes us enough through him. He gives us enough strength, enough hope, enough joy, enough for each day.

Dr. Barry Jones talked about this on Sunday, reminding us that when we live under the “tyranny of enough” it tells us that we need to try harder, fake it, and don’t screw up. And oh my goodness, don’t we all feel that way sometimes? I know I daily struggle with idea of perfectionism, with this idea that I need to be enough to be accepted and to belong. To be loved I need to perform. I hear this voice saying “that wasn’t good enough, try harder. Who do you think you are? Cover that mess up!” It’s a harsh and angry voice. It’s a demanding voice that pushes me to try and make my own way and not trust in Jesus.

As Dr. Jones was preaching on Sunday, I heard this song from one of my favorite bands playing in my mind. It’s called “Blood Pressure” by MUTEMATH. I feel like this song represents the voice of the “Tyranny of Enough” in my life,  

Why can't you be more like your older brother?
Why can't you do a little more for Jesus?
Blood pressure

Do better
Keep risin'

You're on the road
On the road that's bound for nowhere
Why don't you do what you're told?

Don't worry I'll help you out on one condition
Be more
Do more

These words stand in stark opposition of the voice of Jesus. His voice is calm, it’s reassuring, it’s encouraging. He reminds me that he isn’t asking me to do more, no he is asking me to trust him and to follow him. He is asking us as a Church to follow him. One of my favorite scriptures that reminds me how God asks us to love is Micah 6:8:

What does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God?

These words reminds me of what the Lord asks of me, and it’s not to be enough. He asks me to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with him. On our own, I don’t think we would have much justice, mercy, or humbleness, but when we choose to walk with him, we have access to all of those things. We can give justice when we remember that God didn’t give us what we deserve. We can act with mercy, because God has given mercy to us. And we can be humble when we remember how big our God is in relation to us humans. When I remember that am but dust and he is the eternal God of the universe, which keeps me humble and dependent on God.

The other idea that sets me free from the “tyranny of enough,” is the two greatest commandments, to love God and love others. If I follow this, if we follow this, then we are free from needing to be enough, from performing, from our blood pressure rising so high with our efforts that we explode. When we love God and love others, we walk in peace, knowing that God has everything taken care of and that he is more than enough for us.

This week, let’s walk in humbleness, in mercy, in justice, believing and trusting God to be enough for each and everything we face at home, at work, at school, in life. 

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