Walking in the Truth of Christ's Sufficiency

A Life of Freedom
Pages 256-259

As we continue our quest of highlighting particular Truths that are of crucial importance to you and me as women, we face the Truth of God's sufficiency.

In a very real sense, whatever lies we believe about God will affect how we approach everything else in life. For example, if we think that God is inadequate to meet all of our needs, then we'll tend to search for other means to fill our happiness void.

Society tells us of all the things we must have in order to be complete. In reality, though, when we have God, we have all we really need.

7. God's grace is sufficient for me.

2 Corinthians 12:9, "And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

As a child of God, I will never face a circumstance that exceeds His grace. Where sin abounds, grace does much more abound. When I am weak, He is strong. When I am empty, He is full. When I have no resources of my own left, His resources have not begun to be depleted.

8. The blood of Christ is sufficient to cover all my sin.

1 John 1:7, "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin."

There is not a sin I have ever committed or a sin I could ever commit that cannot be forgiven and covered by the all-sufficient sacrifice of Jesus' blood.

This should not cause us to take sin more lightly; to the contrary, the realization that our sin required the lifeblood of the Lord Jesus should leave us broken and humble in spirit -- and determined to choose the pathway of obedience, by the power of His indwelling Holy Spirit.

9. The Cross of Christ is sufficient to conquer my sinful flesh.

Romans 6:6-7, "knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin."

Through the death of Christ and my union with Him, I have been set free from the dominion and power of sin. I am no longer a slave to sin. When I do sin, it is not because I couldn't help myself; it is because I chose to yield to my old master.

The Truth is, I don't have to sin!

Romans 6:14, "For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace."

10. My past does not have to plague me.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (The Message), "Don't you realize that this is not the way to live? Unjust people who don't care about God will not be joining in his kingdom. Those who use and abuse each other, use and abuse sex, use and abuse the earth and everything in it, don't qualify as citizens in God's kingdom. A number of you know from experience what I'm talking about, for not so long ago you were on that list. Since then, you've been cleaned up and given a fresh start by Jesus, our Master, our Messiah, and by our God present in us, the Spirit."

As believers, we are reminded that sin does separate from God; but then we are assured that through Christ, the worst of sinners can be made clean and new.

11. God's Word is sufficient to lead me, teach me, and heal me.

Psalm 19:7, "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple."

Psalm 107:20, "He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."

Maybe we have lost confidence in the power of the Word of God. Maybe we've forgotten that the Word is able to radically change a life. Maybe we've stopped believing that The Word is able to deliver people from bondage. Maybe we've been deceived.

The Truth is, the Holy Word of God is alive and powerful! It is medicine for the trouble hearts and peace for plagued minds!

It is a lamp for our feet and light for our path. Whatever our need, whatever our circumstances, the Word of God is sufficient to meet that need.

And it is sufficient to meet the needs of those we love.

Amen.