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Published: 30 July 2014

God told Paul that “[his] grace was sufficient… for [his] power is made perfect in weakness” (II Corinthians 12:9).  But what does it mean that God’s grace is sufficient – that it’s enough?

Does God have enough grace to cover my shame?  More than enough to clear my conscience – Hebrews 9:14

Does God have enough grace to forget my past?  Enough mercy and grace to make me new every morning – Lamentations 3:22-24

Enough to mend my brokenness?  More than enough good news to bind up the brokenhearted – Isaiah 61:1-3

Enough to cleanse my dirtiness?  Enough peace to sanctify me through and through – I Thessalonians 5:23

These and many other verses are filled with promise and reminders that God’s grace is enough – more than enough!  May we wake up to that hope on this Wake-up Wednesday.

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Published: 29 July 2014

So, it turns out I can’t do enough.  I am a doer.  I have been accused of being a workaholic, but I have strived to improve the balance between work, play, family, and rest.

Even still, no matter how many hours I work or how much effort I put into something, it never seems to be enough.

And, you know what?  It never will be.  God designed it that way.

I can’t work enough to earn my salvation.  I can’t be enough to please everyone.  I can’t do enough to deserve anything.

Did you notice the subject of those sentences?  “I.”  I am never enough.  Thankfully, however, God IS enough.  And he always will be.

For Transformational Tuesday, my encouragement is that we remember that God is enough.  I don’t have to strive to be enough.  I can rely on his all-sufficiency – especially at times when I feel less than enough.

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9