God-love-kindnessEver heard someone say something like: “It’s good to have God in your life, but you also need to know how to live in the real world”? Or, maybe you’ve heard someone say: “It’s OK to believe in God, but life requires much more than just a religious faith.”

Is God ENOUGH, or do we need something more? Is faith in God ENOUGH when our income is less than our “outgo”? Is faith in God ENOUGH when deep sorrow strikes? Is faith in God ENOUGH to have all of our sins forgiven, or do we need to do something more? The Bible claims that if we have God, we have all we need in this life. In fact, one of the Hebrew names for God in the Bible, El-Shaddai means, “The God Who Is ENOUGH.”

Let’s look at a few of the ways we can find God to be ENOUGH.

Jesus declared in the Sermon on the Mount that God is ENOUGH when we need material things. He told us to, “seek first

[God’s] kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things [the things we need] will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). Jesus was making a very bold statement: If His followers put their energy into pursuing a relationship with Him and spreading His kingdom, their everyday needs would be met. I have seen this work in my life. Over and over my needs have been met in unusual, and sometimes even miraculous, ways.

God can also be ENOUGH when tragedy strikes. One night pastor Booth Tucker preached a sermon at the Salvation Army Citadel. His topic was Christ’s compassion. After the service a man came up to him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother who would never be coming back, you wouldn’t be saying what you’re saying.” Pastor Tucker tried to comfort the man the best he could, but with little effect. A few days later Tucker’s own faith was put to the test when his wife was killed in a train wreck. The funeral was held at the Citadel. After the eulogy, Mr. Tucker stood up, turned to the audience and said, “The other day a man told me I wouldn’t speak of the sympathy of Jesus if my wife had just died. If that man is here, I want to tell him that Christ is sufficient. My heart is broken, but it has a song put there by Jesus. I want that man to know that Jesus Christ speaks comfort to me today.” Christ is ENOUGH comfort to His followers even during their darkest hours.

Best of all, God is more than ENOUGH to meet mankind’s greatest need. God’s gift of forgiveness is ENOUGH to completely remove our sin which separates us from Him. Jesus Christ’s suffering on the Cross provided the full payment for our sins so that the barrier between us and our Creator God can be erased forever. Everyone who wants to turn away from his or her sin and trust Christ’s work on Calvary will be washed clean of their sin. “Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool”(Isaiah 1:18). Charles Wesley described it this way:

“He breaks the power of canceled sin,

He sets the prisoner free;

His blood can make the foulest clean;

His blood availed [i.e. is ENOUGH] for me.”

One Bible teacher encourages us with these words: “God is ENOUGH like us to understand our problems and ENOUGH above us to be able to solve them.” I don’t know what difficulties you are facing now or may face as the year unfolds, but I do know that God is ENOUGH to meet them if you will trust Him. God Himself makes this amazing promise: “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). If I can help in that search in any way, please contact me using the information at the top of this article.