Is God Enough For You?
Today I was reading a great book by Michael Lombardo titled “Immersed in Glory” in which he shared about God’s sufficiency. God struck him with a simple question: “Am I enough for you?” Take a moment to ask yourself, is God really enough for you?
To answer the question honestly, we must look at the foundation for everything in our life. I would also say we should look at every strength and weakness in our walk with God. Is Christ the Lord over not only beautiful places in your life but the places of lack as well? What areas are left only partially surrendered to His will?
Maybe it is better to ask: what exactly is God calling you to? Your level of abandon to His voice will give you a quick answer to the question of “Is God enough?” Follow along with me on this exercise. Take a sheet of paper and make 2 columns. On the left write, “My Calling.” On the right write, “My Steps.” List what God has called you to do and your vision statement on the left. In the right column, list every sacrifice and every step of faith. Now, honestly assess if the steps you have taken are sufficient to achieve your call. Is this all that God requires of you? If not, you may not be trusting God like you need to.
Live Like He is Alive
I firmly believe that God will not abandon you in your calling. Great moves of God rest on great acts of faith. Live like Jesus is alive and that Holy Spirit is actively living within you. If God has given the assignment, He will see it through. If He has commanded it of you, He has also commanded it in the heavens and of the heavenly hosts. “Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 18:18) Don’t be mistaken, you are not calling the shots in heaven, but you are coming in alignment with it! When you are aligned with the will God, no devil in hell can resist God’s word in you. In the words of Reinhard Bonnke, “God’s words in your mouth are as powerful as God’s words in His mouth.” Speak with heavenly authority and make great leaps of faith. Not one word will return void. Even the angels are tasked with seeing the word of God accomplished, yet we never hear of them struggling with faith or obedience. This is simply because they know and have seen the power of God first hand.
Following your calling is an essential part of the equation. God has allotted resources and commanded authority on your behalf. Speak with the authority of the King, heaven is also fighting alongside you. “For I am God, and there is no other, I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish my purpose,’” (Isaiah 46:9-10)
Think about what God is calling you to do for him. It is so easy to waste time or not even start in His calling. I have been guilty of waiting for just one more thing before I was ready to follow God’s direction. In reality, if God has said go, just those words by themselves are enough to start moving. The fear of loss is often our greatest obstacle to following God extravagantly. What is at risk of being lost? You’re flesh is. Our flesh desires comfort, familiarity, and security, none of which Jesus promised to His followers. Following God with abandon will always leave your flesh behind. Jesus said, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 16:24-25) He is saying in essence, “Following me is trading your life for mine.”
When God becomes enough, you will not fear following His voice but will follow without hesitation. Jesus commanded His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” (Matthew 6:25-26)
Live free of fear and follow His voice with abandon. Give God an opportunity to prove Himself true and you will be amazed. When God becomes enough, you will lack for nothing! “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!” (Psalm 34:8)