IS JESUS REALLY ENOUGH?
As I contemplate our upcoming Christmas celebration, one question arises in my heart and in my mind: “Is Jesus really enough?” I think that this is THE question that God Himself is asking us, especially as we all reflect on what Christmas is truly about. For the Scripture says plainly in Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Immanuel means God is with us. Now, I admit that most of us would quickly say that yes, Jesus is all that we need…that he in fact is really enough for us. Do we live like it though, or does our heart betray our true feelings about the gospel of our great God and King? See, the gospel (in my estimation at least) is “good news” because it brings us together with God. Anything less than this is not enough. Whether or not I have a job or money, a significant other to share my life with, or the greatest friends one could ever ask for is not an indicator of how “good” my life is. For if I do not have God in my life then I am to be greatly pitied. We place a lot of value on various things in our culture, but is there anything worth us not seeing God as all-satisfying? I think not. Habakkuk rightly rejoiced in the Lord when he said: “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.“He got it! He understood the meaning of the gospel. While the Lord does give us good gifts, when all is lost we can and should still say “God is good”. “HE IS enough”. My own personal challenge is in believing this great truth every moment that I draw breath. I confess that I forget a lot of the time that neither this life (nor the life to come) is about my personal comfort. Heaven is not to be described in its essence as a place of no more pain or sorrow, but rather as being where we will be in the very presence of a God who loved us – and Himself – enough to bring us back into fellowship with Him, for the display of showing how satisfying He is. That is the message, my friends, this season. Jesus really is more than enough…
At the end of the day I want this to be my battle cry wherever the Lord takes me: “Jesus is enough…He is all that I need. He is my satisfaction, not just the One who gives it.” Won’t you make this your battle cry, too?!
With His unfailing love, and for the glory due His name~
Kallie K Turner
