August 22, 2018 ALWAYS HAVING ALL SUFFICIENCY
2 Corinthians 9:8: “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything you may have an abundance for every good deed.”
When it comes to the transforming work of God in our lives, He leaves no leaf unturned! By His grace, every ounce of our being has been, and is being transformed to His image. His work in us includes that of making us sufficient in everything-all the time. Having a sense of sufficiency is based on who or what we trust. There are some that do not know God who have a strong self-image and they may feel “sufficient”; but because there sufficiency is based on self, they will at some point come face to face with the fact that their sufficiency is inadequate. For those who know and trust God for their life, they are sufficient for everything because God is sufficient. The blessing for believers is that through His grace, He makes us sufficient for everything, all of the time. We can live, and work, and play, and go about our life knowing that we are sufficient for every task because God has made His grace abound to us. Feeling insufficient is evidence that we are not trusting our Father. Obviously, if one chooses to get outside of God’s will-if he chooses not to walk according to his new nature, then he will experience insufficiency. However, when we are walking in His ways, when we are living according to our new identity, we are sufficient for any task or any situation that may arise. Our feeling of sufficiency, or the lack of, is really an acid test of our spiritual health as it reveals the level of trust we have in our Father. The believer can know without a shadow of doubt that His Father is always present, is always leading, is always equipping us, and is always making us sufficient. The key is that we are in step with what God is doing in us personally. Should we choose to involve ourselves in some particular task or undertaking that is not God’s plan for us, then we don’t have the assurance of being sufficient in that setting. This does not imply that we have to fear being out of His plan or that we have to over-analyze every action we take or every decision we make. Our Father is living and is active and He is ever present. A wonderful truth is found in Acts 17:28: “in Him we live and move and have our being.” Yes, in Him, we exist and He makes us sufficient in all things as we see in Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” There is no greater freedom, no greater blessing, than that of realizing that God is within us, that God is for us, and that He is always equipping us for every detail and activity of life. In the verse above, and from many other verses throughout scripture, it is obvious that God has called us to be about “good deeds.” When we realize that He is ever present, and that our heart has been made new, and our desire is to please Him in all we do, then practically everything we do is a “good deed.” It goes without saying that we are to be engaged in the doing of good deeds that will bless others, because by doing good deeds, we are expressing the love of God-and that’s what’s it’s all about. So, let us live, knowing that we are sufficient for all things all of the time, because God’s grace abounds toward us!
Colossians 2:10: “and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;”
2 Corinthians 9:10-11: “Now He who supplies seeds to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.”
Psalms 37:3: “Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.”
Blessings,
Buddy
PS: God makes us sufficient even for the task that we may not enjoy doing.
2 Corinthians 9:8: “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything you may have an abundance for every good deed.”
When it comes to the transforming work of God in our lives, He leaves no leaf unturned! By His grace, every ounce of our being has been, and is being transformed to His image. His work in us includes that of making us sufficient in everything-all the time. Having a sense of sufficiency is based on who or what we trust. There are some that do not know God who have a strong self-image and they may feel “sufficient”; but because there sufficiency is based on self, they will at some point come face to face with the fact that their sufficiency is inadequate. For those who know and trust God for their life, they are sufficient for everything because God is sufficient. The blessing for believers is that through His grace, He makes us sufficient for everything, all of the time. We can live, and work, and play, and go about our life knowing that we are sufficient for every task because God has made His grace abound to us. Feeling insufficient is evidence that we are not trusting our Father. Obviously, if one chooses to get outside of God’s will-if he chooses not to walk according to his new nature, then he will experience insufficiency. However, when we are walking in His ways, when we are living according to our new identity, we are sufficient for any task or any situation that may arise. Our feeling of sufficiency, or the lack of, is really an acid test of our spiritual health as it reveals the level of trust we have in our Father. The believer can know without a shadow of doubt that His Father is always present, is always leading, is always equipping us, and is always making us sufficient. The key is that we are in step with what God is doing in us personally. Should we choose to involve ourselves in some particular task or undertaking that is not God’s plan for us, then we don’t have the assurance of being sufficient in that setting. This does not imply that we have to fear being out of His plan or that we have to over-analyze every action we take or every decision we make. Our Father is living and is active and He is ever present. A wonderful truth is found in Acts 17:28: “in Him we live and move and have our being.” Yes, in Him, we exist and He makes us sufficient in all things as we see in Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” There is no greater freedom, no greater blessing, than that of realizing that God is within us, that God is for us, and that He is always equipping us for every detail and activity of life. In the verse above, and from many other verses throughout scripture, it is obvious that God has called us to be about “good deeds.” When we realize that He is ever present, and that our heart has been made new, and our desire is to please Him in all we do, then practically everything we do is a “good deed.” It goes without saying that we are to be engaged in the doing of good deeds that will bless others, because by doing good deeds, we are expressing the love of God-and that’s what’s it’s all about. So, let us live, knowing that we are sufficient for all things all of the time, because God’s grace abounds toward us!
Colossians 2:10: “and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;”
2 Corinthians 9:10-11: “Now He who supplies seeds to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.”
Psalms 37:3: “Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.”
Blessings,
Buddy
PS: God makes us sufficient even for the task that we may not enjoy doing.
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