343. He Doesn't Actually Want You To Be Enough

2 Corinthians 12:9

So many people are working so hard to be enough. They want to be good enough, holy enough, spiritual enough, strong enough, tough enough and resilient enough. It’s natural. We want to be able to please God on our own steam. We want to be able to clean up our wrongs all by ourselves. We want to be able to earn our way and we want to be able to map out the course so that we can demonstrate exactly how we got there. In short, we want to be able. But there are two huge problems with this completely understandable desire of ours. The first problem is something we all find out sooner or later. It’s a lesson that hurts to learn, but is unavoidable. We find out we are not able. We don’t have what it takes. We can’t cover up our wrongs. We can’t stop doing wrong things. What’s more, we can’t even stop wanting to do wrong things. We’re weak and we don’t have the formula or the will power for true, lasting and total change. The second problem with us wanting to be enough is kind of surprising, but when you embrace it, everything changes for the better. You see, Jesus doesn’t want you to be enough. He doesn’t expect you to be strong or able and He would much rather you be weak and needy. When you accept the fact that you’re not enough and ask Jesus to help you, an amazing thing happens - you get set free by your dependence. You’re not enough, but Jesus is. He wants to supply what you don’t have. He wants to fill you and make you everything you were made to be.