When God is Not Enough
A couple of months ago, during a Point worship service, our praise band performed “Enough.” As I played the song, it hit me - there are a lot of times, and a lot of situations in life when God is not enough for me. I couldn’t sing that song truthfully. In turn, I’ve spent the last few weeks thinking about this, journaling about it, and reading about it.
The root of this problem is sin. Usually, before we sin, we’re tempted to sin. It’s hard to realize the temptation isn’t the problem. That’s just our human nature. Jesus was tempted. The catch is not following through on the temptation and committing the sin.
Going back a little more, we have to look at our motivation to sin. I would put the motive before the temptation. We may not even be aware of the motive before the tempation. At the moment we experience this, there is an object in our lives that we think we need, or an action we think we need to commit. Basically, we’re saying the object or action of our sin is more important than God.
Once the temptation becomes action (sin), we’re saying God is not enough. His words and commands aren’t as important as our sin. We become our own lord and take life into our own hands. He can’t satisfy us, so we have to find it other ways.
I’ll end this post with the lyrics to the song that has caused me to think about making God enough for me:
All of You is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You is more than enoughYou are my supply
My breath of life
And still more awesome than I know
You are my reward
worth living for
And still more awesome than I knowAll of You is more than enough for all of me
For every thirst and every need
You satisfy me with Your love
And all I have in You is more than enoughYou’re my sacrifice
Of greatest price
And still more awesome than I know
You’re the coming King
You are everything
And still more awesome than I knowMore than all I want
More than all I need
You are more than enough for me
More than all I know
More than all I can say
You are more than enough for me
I was thinking and writing about just this this morning, so it is wonderful and such a God thing to come across your website for the first time and this entry in particular, this evening. This morning I was reflecting on a sermon I heard last week, that left me feeling convicted once again of my sin regarding a temptation I’ve struggled with. Underlying temptation is pride, this feeling that my needs are not being met. Even if the temptation comes suddenly and unexpectedly, it is pride, an over-valuing of my own needs, that has opened the door. And underneath pride is a lack of faith and trust in God and His complete sufficiency. As I was writing this morning, the lyrics of “Enough” came into my mind. I wrote down the title and was looking for the lyrics tonight, wondering if I would sing this in church the next time I sing, when I came across your entry. So, thank you for what you’ve written so beautifully and I thank God for His incredible faithfulness.
snoyelle
12 Nov 07 at 7:39 pm