Enough.
I know enough.
I have enough.
God is enough.
It’s easy to say, “I trust God,” but we must honestly evaluate if that’s really true. I’ve been praying and praying about a matter to the point of frustration and tears. I know that God is in control and believe it with all my heart. But am I truly trusting Him for the outcome?
God gave me a heart check this morning as I began to question, “What does knowing the outcome of this situation change about today?” The answer is nothing. You see, when it comes down to it, I’m stressing over something that is years down the road. That’s not what I’m called to.
My heart cries, “But I just want to know!”
God says, “You know enough for now.”
When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He prayed, “Give us this day our daily bread.” (Matthew 6:11) Jesus was teaching dependance on God for our every need - in every moment, of every day. If we already had everything we needed for the next ten years and knew everything that was going to happen, why would we even need God?
We wouldn’t.
The whole point is we are to be so reliant on the Father that we seek Him for every decision, for every provision, and for every step. We are meant to be in constant communion with Him, just as Jesus modeled throughout His earthly ministry.
We may think or say we want this, but again, do we really? After teaching to the crowds, a scribe approached Jesus wanting to follow Him. Instead of gladly welcoming the man to follow after Him, Jesus wanted the man to understand the cost. He replied, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” (Matthew 8:20) Jesus’s ministry was not glamorous, but lowly. Following Him demands daily sacrifice, trust, and obedience.
You see, there are no “buts” to trusting Him. We do, or we don’t. If God hasn’t given us more information, we don’t need it. If God hasn’t given us more provision, we don’t need it. If God hasn’t given us more ability, we don’t need it. We already have what we need to do what He’s called us to do right now.
When God called Moses, Moses questioned his own ability, arguing that he wasn’t the man for the job. Moses said, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me?” (Exodus 4:1) and “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent…but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” (Exodus 4:10)
God asked Moses an important question, “What is in your hand?”
Moses said, “A staff.” (4:2)
God would use what Moses already had - a staff - to demonstrate His power and rescue the Israelites.
If God calls us, He has already equipped us. It was never about what Moses could do, but what God could do.
When God called Gideon, he was hiding in a winepress. He was the least likely person to defeat the Midianites, declaring, “Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.” (Judges 6:15)
In the end, the defeat would come from God dwindling Gideon’s army down to 300 to overcome an army of 132,000. Gideon had a choice. He could focus on his own ability and the size of his army, or he could trust what God had commanded him to do, “Save Israel from the hand of Midian.”
If God sent him, He would complete the work. That’s all Gideon needed to know.
Pouring our hearts out to God is okay. We are meant to lay our burdens down at His feet. We are called to cast our anxieties on Him. But we must leave them there. We must trust that He is advocating for us as well as perfecting and completing His work in us and in the world. We must trust in His character.
The bottom line is we have what we need and we know what we need to know. For now.
God is working on the rest.
Our job is to trust.
