Not Enough

I’m gonna start this post with an unarguable point. You are not enough, not smart enough, not strong enough, not good looking enough, and all together not good enough. As mean and discouraging as that sounds I hope you continue reading.

Now let me clarify something before you all click that back button. We as people are generally our biggest critics, we are hardest on the ones we expect the most out of, and we generally expect the most out of ourselves. With that being said some of us read those first couple of lines thinking “He doesn’t have to tell me I already know.” That’s the way I read it even though I wrote it. Let’s go over some things you are qualified for.

First off you are smart enough to tell people about your faith. You are smart enough to be able to express how much God means to you and how you come to find Christ. You are smart enough to step out of your comfort zone and pray with someone, or to lead them to a relationship with Jesus.

You are strong enough to make it through everything that has been placed in front of you. You are strong enough to be honest with ones you love. You are strong enough to cry. You are strong enough to conquer the world as long as you know where your strength comes from, and as long as that strength comes from Jesus.

You are good looking enough to make a difference in someone’s life. You are good looking enough to be happy. You are good looking enough to be truly loved.

Now let’s get back to the title. You are not enough and never will be enough to win salvation. Jesus says “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me” in John 14:6. In Ephesians 2:9 Paul tells us “Salvation is not a reward for good works we’ve done, so none of us can boast about it”. So no matter what we do, have, feel, or who you are, you are not enough. Thankfully we don’t have to be enough, all we have to do is give our lives fully and wholly to God who gave his son so we could be saved.

I am a child of God, not because I’m good enough, not because I am worthy, but because he loved me before I knew how to love.

I love y’all.