Let’s do an activity.

This won’t take long. I promise. Grab a piece of paper or pull out your notes app on your phone. Write down everything that you need. And don’t put too much thought into this. This can be a list of things you need to survive or a list of things you need to get done this week.

If I were to stand in front of you right now and ask: What do you need? 

How would you respond? Write that on your list. And keep writing until you can’t think of anything else. 

NOW: Tear the list up or delete it from your phone. And imagine that all those things on your list never happen or they go away. They don’t exist. If you have them currently, imagine that you lose them and never get them back. If there are things on your list that you’re hoping for, imagine that they never happen.

How do you feel?

God is enough. But are you OK with that?

Philippians 4: 10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Oftentimes we quote this scripture out of context. We typically take a laser focus on verse 13 that says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. And then we only really apply that verse to us being able to do physical things. This verse is like a mantra for athletes. But if we take a closer look at what precedes that verse, we see that Paul is actually saying he can survive whether he is full or empty because God is enough. 

So return to how our activity made you feel. And ask yourself, is God truly enough? Is He Jireh? Are you content in every circumstance?

Love’ y’all.