Sufficient with God (2)

First, let's acknowledge our inadequacy to God. Joni Eareckson Tada says, 'Deny your weakness, and you will never realise God's strength in you.' God told Paul, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness' (2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV).

Second, let's stop putting ourselves down. We may think, 'I don't have the qualifications to do the tasks God's given me.' God doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called. Here's how: 'I will pour my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. In those days I will pour my Spirit on servants, on both men and women' (Joel 2:28-29 GWT). God isn't limited by age, gender, race or academic status. The only thing that limits him is the limit we place on ourselves or allow others to.

Third, let's not buy it. Advertisers spend billions of dollars trying to convince us that without their product we're inadequate or incomplete. Not true! We are 'fearfully and wonderfully made' (Psalm 139:14 NKJV). Fourth, let's see others' excellence or superior performance as motivation and inspiration, not intimidation. Meanwhile, let's not lose sight of our unique gifts We are gifted, even if we can't see or accept it yet. 'Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them' (Romans 12:6 NKJV).



So what now? You may not realise your sufficiency with God yet, but it lives within you. Believe it and use it.





— SCRIPTURE —

'My strength is made perfect in weakness.' 2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV
— SOULFOOD —

Acts 14-15, Matt 9:27-38, Ps 133 , Pro 16:2