The question I keep being forced back to in this season is simple: “Is Jesus enough for me?” I am broken at how often I answer “no” to this. How often I look at what the Maker gives and believe it is not enough, that at the end of the day He is withholding something from me. I feel the weight of my brokenness when, in a moment’s notice, I compromise my values and beliefs for something that sounds new and different and fun. Or when all the sense of familiar is stripped away and I am convinced the Lord is packing His bags because I’m not worth the fight. There is a reason Jesus says we are better off without the things of this world- He knows these things are not the end, or even the means to it. He knows HE is the end. He sacrificed his life that we might come to believe that truth and live in light of it. Jesus understood the challenges of being human, the temptation of sin, and the desire for something greater. And he knew from the beginn...
