enough

The last 4 years have been an onion peeling process for me.  As I pursue my relationship with God, He reveals the lies that I have believed about myself for years, layer by layer.  And the best part is that He replaces those lies with the truth...His truth about me!  This is a lifelong journey...exposing the lies, believing the truth, and walking in the truth.  New beliefs.  New thought patterns.  New behavior.  I'm a work in progress and I am so grateful that He who began a good work in me will be faithful to complete it!  (Philippians 1:6)

This week, God exposed another layer of lies.  I will never be good enough.  What I can do is never enough.  I am not enough.  Lies, lies, lies!  I asked God to show me the situations in my life that the devil used to make me believe those lies.  I was surprised at the memories that came in a torrent.  Many were in relationships.  Some were in job situations.  From childhood to this past week, I can recall times when I believed the lies.  God said release forgiveness into each one and let go.  Ahhh, freedom!

I know I'm not alone in this.  So many of us believe that we are not enough and we will never be good enough and we can never do enough.  I have measured my "enoughness" by the responses of those that I value to me and by comparing myself to those same people.  Talk about setting myself up for failure! 

But, there is hope, my friends!  God says we are more than enough!  He sent Jesus, His only Son, as a sacrifice for our sins because He loves us AND so that we can be more than enough with Him!  (John 3:16)  We are saved from our sin by GRACE, a free gift from God to us!  We don't have to earn His grace!  (Ephesians 2:8)  When we allow Jesus to live in and through us, we measure "more than enough" on God's tape measure every single time! 

God hand-crafted each one of us.  Each of us is unique and fearfully and wonderfully made!  (Psalm 139:14)  We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in ADVANCE for us to do.  (Ephesians 2:10)  He had a plan and a purpose for each of us, before He even created us!  And with that plan in mind, He lovingly created me and you; weaving into every part of us what we would need to fulfill His plan. 

My friends, I pray that God is giving you deep revelation as you read this.  From the very moment of your creation, God made you MORE THAN ENOUGH for the good works that He has called you to do.  Let that sink into your spirit and then live knowing the truth...YOU ARE ENOUGH!!!