“But He said to me, ‘My Grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” -2 Corinthians 12:9
This verse is something we hear all the time. Its sounds fantastic and straightforward. It is very comforting to think that no matter how many times we mess up or how many times we fail, we have been bought with a price, and we are covered by the grace of God. We love seeing the sufficiency of God from that angle, because that angle requires just us to accept this perfect gift we don’t deserve.
But what about God being sufficient in our lives? Its always something we like to say; it has a nice ring to it, but do we really live like that? The word sufficient according to the dictionary is “adequate for the purpose, or enough.” We say God is enough, because He truly is. He is all we will ever need, but how does that relate to our own lives? This is something I recently have been struggling to grasp in my own life. In almost every prayer I pray, I always tell God that He is sufficient, and that if I never receive anything else that He has already done more for me than I could ever ask. When I pray it, I mean it. I mean it right then, but is that how I live? If everything was stripped away, and I didn’t have anything except God’s Grace, would I still be joyous? Or would the bitterness of the world take me over?
I am a world racer and I am experiencing everything that comes along with being a typical world racer. All of my money has gone to support this journey and the stuff I needed for it. At the end of each month my wallet is pretty bare, and not gonna lie eating on $5 a day gets old. At least I’ve lost nearly 30 lbs right, lol?! I always pray that God will provide, and for the most part He has. Even the $1,400 I need by the end of this month, I know He’ll provide. I have always had a roof or tent over my head and something to eat. But what if that went away? What if I had to skip a few meals? What if I don’t raise all the money I need to stay on the WR? Would I be mad? Would I blame God? I trust God in supplying me with what I need to eat, but what if God wanted to test me? Would His grace be sufficient?
What’s another thing that young adults struggle with? Or just people in general? Relationships: finding your better half; finding the person who will always be there for you in sickness and in health. After every relationship that one question always pops into guy’s heads, or at least it does in mine. “What if I never find who I’m suppose to be with? What if God destined me to be single forever?” It’s a scary thought…I certainly don’t want to be single forever, I want to get married and have kids. I want to make my future wife happy by building her up in Christ. I want to teach my son how to ride a bike, and throw a football. I want to scare the first boy my daughter brings home, and I want to walk her proudly down the aisle. But what if none of those things ever happen? What if God calls me to live in a 1 bedroom apartment as a missionary all my life and die alone? Will I still live and die having pure joy in Christ?
So am I putting all my eggs into the world’s basket? Am I truly living to glorify the King no matter where He takes me? Or is there a catch? Father in trusting in You, I am yours, as long as I live a good life, is that the true cry of my heart? Do I require God to give me more than I was promised? Does my praise in Him come with conditions? This is something I’m struggling with, and something I need to pray about a lot more. I would welcome your prayer as well.
Father I know You are sufficient, help to live that out for whatever you have planned for my life. For I know a life lived for you is never wasted.
Your servant,
Chandler
