The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is … Enough. You can click at the bottom of this post to get to Kate Motaung’s site and read all that has been shared on this word.
Enough … I read the word and enter it into the search bar – “adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire” (dictionary.com).
The definition reminds me of the One, the Only One, truly adequate, sufficient, and enough for any and all my needs. Jesus alone is able to satisfy all my heart could need or desire.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
His very words to us. God’s grace is not only His unmerited favor offering salvation but it is a power given to us to sustain us throughout all of our days, no matter what they may hold or entail.
Paul found that he could boast all the more about his weaknesses, for those times that he was not enough in himself. For it was then that Christ’s power became more than enough, resting on him and empowering him.
The very things that weaken me are the very means by which the door is opened for Christ to be visible and at work in power. In some paradoxical way, we become more powerful as we least rely on ourselves and our abilities.
We can take delight in those times when we recognize, and admit to Him, that we are not enough. For it is in those very times of “insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles” (see 2 Corinthians 12:10), we will find…
Christ to be more than enough for us.
Today I am joining … Five Minute Friday and Faith On Fire and Faith Filled Friday and Faith ”˜N Friends and Fresh Market Friday .
Praise God that Christ is sufficient for all our needs!
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Blessings, Misty
I have been pondering on this word ENOUGH a lot lately, what is enough, how are we enough….the world tells us one thing, but Jesus another. I choose the Word of God and my need for Jesus’s enough. Love this post and the verses!
The older I get? The More He Is Enough. Amen?
Oh yes, His Grace is sufficient for everything I need. These words are touching my heart so much today: “The very things that weaken me are the very means by which the door is opened for Christ to be visible and at work.” May I keep my eyes open to see Him there on my behalf!
Love this. To God, the things that break us are the things that make us.
God’s grace is indeed sufficient! Love that verse you quoted. I’m over in the 39 spot this week.
Enough is such a powerful word. “Not enough” are words that I’ve used to condemn myself in the past. But so grateful that Christ is more than enough! Thanks for sharing your take on enough, Joanne. Always encouraged when I visit here.
This is such a wonderful reminder: that it is actually God’s design and desire to work through weakness. It’s not his Plan B.
Jeannie (#26 at FMF this week)