Enough
I am a dreamer and a schemer.I love the thought of new possibilities and discovering something alongthe way. I have considered more career choices then there are cereals in the cereal aisle. Becoming a food truck owner, or a lawyer working to free people from the modern day slave trade, or a reality TV star (starting with the bachelor), were all paths I was confidently headed down for at least a moment. I have wanted to do everything and chase every dream. So where do I start?
Here at Adventures in Mission we are surrounded by people who tell us to follow our “kingdom dreams”. We need to remember our childhood dreams and who we set out to become when we first started this journey into adulthood. Taking steps to breathe life back into old dreams and scheming up new ones.
For the last few days my mind has been swirling with ideas and possibilities. What do I want to pursue post CGA?
My prayers are pleas for direction.
What is first step when my list of passions gets longer every day?
The other night I was laying in bed praying something along the lines of;
“Dear God, show me where to go and where to start!”
He answered
“You are enough and I love you”
Goodness! Mind blown! Thank you Jesus for that.
I am enough.
Before I chase the dream and before I even do anything for Him; I am enough.I am enough here, today in my confused and in my direction seeking state.He has placed these dreams on my heart for a reason and wants me to pursue them in His name; but even before I do, I am enough. Who I am is not wrapped up in my dreams and what I can accomplish but in who I am to God.I am a daughter adopted into the Kingdom of my heavenly Father and that is all I need to know right now. I am loved by Him whether I have fallen flat on my face or I become a great success; I am loved by him.
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.
Ephesians 1:3-7 (the message)
I know God has big plans for me; maybe I am a little impatience to see where I am headed, chomping at the bit to uncover what is next.
But while I wait for answers and I can rest in the fact that I am loved by a God who has a plan for my life greater then my own.
And
Above all I know that I am enough.
Love Nika
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