In my first re-run post, I am offering you something from 2008. This post garnered a lot of comments in 2008 which leads me to believe it struck a nerve with a few people. The question of whether we are totally satisfied with Jesus is one we all must answer. Today would be a great day to make up our minds whether the grace God offered through Jesus is really enough for us.

 Is Grace Enough?

Do you know how it feels to have the Holy Spirit just stay ONTO you about a particular subject for what seems like an eternity? Well, He is on me in a big way about something and I’m not sure I can even sum up in one word what it is.

Over the summer the Lord began dealing with me about Romans 12:1-2 which says, I urge you therefore brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to the Lord which is your reasonable act of worship. Do not be conformed any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. NOTE: That is more the ‘Leah translation’ rather than the verses from any one translation.

I have been diligently trying to do just that. Every morning I offer myself as a living sacrifice to Him for whatever purpose He has. Unfortunately I fear that all too often I fulfill the Vance Havner quote that says, “The problem with living sacrifices is that they keep trying to crawl off the altar.” Yet I continue to offer myself to Him for His purposes.

Yesterday, on my Max Lucado flip calendar this quote appeared for December 8th that has just haunted me. It is from his book, “In the Grip of Grace” and it says,

Test this question: What if God’s only gift to you were his grace to save you. Would you be content? You beg him to save the life of your child. You plead with him to keep your business afloat. You implore him to remove the cancer from your body. What if his answer is, “My grace is enough.” Would you be content? You see, from heaven’s perspective, grace is enough. If God did nothing more than save us from hell, could anyone complain?

Would I be content? In these difficult and troubling economic times, when so many are losing jobs and homes and lives as they have always known them, would I be content with my salvation alone if something devastating happened to me or if I had to endure persecution for my faith? I pray that I would be faithful to Him and not be a whining, complaining Christian. Perhaps this entire post seems ridiculous to you but these issues are very heavy on my heart in recent months. I soooooooooooo very much want to be found faithful to Christ, no matter the situation and one of my greatest fears is that I would fail Him.

I want to be able to say with Paul in Philippians 4: 11 “I have learned to be satisfied with the things I have and with everything that happens.”