In prayer recently, I heard these words: “Because of His grace, we are enough.”
We have enough.
We are enough.
We can do enough.
We are good enough … all because of His grace.
Remember Paul’s wonderful words, quoting what Father God said to him? “My grace is sufficient for you…” (2 Cor 12:9)
Grace = sufficiency. Sufficiency means enough. Although in ourselves we are not enough, in Him and in His grace, we are enough.
That means we can stop striving to be something we aren’t. We are enough.
We can stop feeling as though we fall short. We are good enough.
We can stop comparing ourselves with others. We can do enough.
We can stop being frustrated in trying to attain more. We have enough.
Isn’t God’s grace the most freeing thing in existence?
The second part of Paul’s quote goes on to say, “…for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”
God already has perfect strength, so what does this mean? God’s strength especially shines, finds it ultimate expression, when it flows through our inabilities and weaknesses.
When can it flow? When we give up trying to be strong in ourselves. When we are OK with having weaknesses and we stop trying to cover them up. When we allow these inabilities to be doorways that God’s strength gains entrance into our lives and the lives of others.
By God’s grace, we are enough, we have enough, we can do enough and we’re good enough when we embrace our weaknesses and open the door for God's strength to come in.
