BE ENOUGH

by Tammy Phillips
June 12, 2023

“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain.” (1 Cor. 15:10NKJV)

My husband was working in our bedroom.  He stopped, walked down the hall, kissed me on the forehead and stated, “You are enough.” He returned to his task saying, “I just thought I needed to tell you.”

I was not feeling less than. I meditated.  Had I listened to the lies again?  The answer was a definitive, “Yes.”

I have been on a rollercoaster, weight loss ride most of my life.  I could name every extra pound on my luscious body.  Most names begin or end with “not enough.”  I have heard…“You are not a good enough wife, mother, friend, or daughter.  You are not pretty, skinny, young, smart, strong, successful, or rich enough. Nothing you ever say, do, draw, write, or make is good enough.”  Sound familiar?

I learned to tune out my accusers, but the liars were back, “You are not enough!”  

BUT GOD!  We have a choice to the voice we listen. He gave us His Word that tells a different story. I have heard the Lord say in five different ways in the last week, FIVE, “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares…” (Heb. 12:1 NKJV)

We must turn up His voice to drown out the thief who tries to steal our soul: mind, will, and emotions.

When we  hear and believe we are enough, adequate, competent, fit, able, complete, and sufficient for our purpose , we become our own encourager. We come to understand our value is not about our size, appearance, nor any number.  

How do we go from a mind set to a mind shift?   We exchange the lies for the truths of God.  We boldly declare: “I am a child of God, created in His image.  I am  fearfully and wonderfully made.  I am  loved, brave, and strong.  I am  important and sufficient for my purpose, here and now.  I am enough because He is more than enough.”Even in our failures we are enough.  Our victories lie in having the mind of Christ and saying what God says. Would we ever say to anyone else, “You are not good enough?” We must change our narrative to speak kind, loving words to ourselves. Faith comes by hearing.  Faith about who we are comes by affirming who we are in Him.  By confession we lay aside the weighty words which hinder us.  By God’s favor I am what I am, and His grace toward me is not in vain, empty, devoid of truth or of no purpose.  I am what I am because of the “I AM.” Our worth is not who we are but Whose we are.

There will always be a Goliath taunting,  “You are not enough.”  We must slay the enemy with our sword , the word of God.  Tune out the lies and turn on the voice of Truth.  The lies will try to return but God’s word is always more powerful. 

“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as [being] from ourselves, but our sufficiency [is] from God…”(2Co 3:5 NKJV)

Truth is not about the “I am that I am.”  It is all about the “I AM.”  It is about who He is and who we are am in Him.  He is all sufficient.  When we hear we are not pretty enough, hear God speak louder, “ You are am the apple of My eye and made in My image.   You are  King’s daughter all glorious within! You are enough.”x

I enCOURAGE you to stop listening to the roaring giant and tune into Jesus.  Look into his adoring eyes.  See how very much He loves you just the way you are right where you are.  Truth, you will never be good enough nor do anything bad enough that El Shaddai, God who is More than enough, cannot overcome. Jesus finished the work at the cross. You are enough because is more than enough.

Viva Magenta!  Live. Breathe. Be enough.