I am currently writing this as I look out the window of an airplane. There is something about looking out over the world from this point of view that gives me a different perspective on life. From here, landscapes seem to go on forever. There are hundreds and thousands of little communities that are filled with people…millions of people. They are going about their life, completely unaware of me. There are people going to work, going to school, sleeping in, and running errands. There are families celebrating the birth of a baby and families that have just buried a loved one. There are schools filled with students: both popular and unpopular. There are people who love their life and there are people who are looking up to the sky, wondering why life isn’t fair.

I am a little overwhelmed. I can see how BIG world is and how little I am. Not only this, but how will I ever be able to reach ALL of these people?? How can I bring the Kingdom of Heaven to such a huge world with its billions of different people that all have a trillion more individual needs?

I have the answer.

I can’t.

I can’t possibly begin to meet all the needs of the poor, the rich, the sad, the rejoicing, the businessman, the homeless, the widow, the orphan, the loved, the overlooked, the achieving, the complacent, the lonely, and the desperate. My music will never be enough to give all of these people the answers they are looking for. My determined laboring will not be enough. The latest “strategic relevant ministry model” will never be enough to meet the needs of all these people. Music is good…hard work is good…ministry models are good…but they are not enough. They will never be enough.

Knowing this, I have two options:

1.) I can spend my whole life striving and working to do “good works” and take on the burdens of the world to the point of burning out…

—or—

2.) I can rest in the fact that His strength is made perfect in my weakness (II Corinthians 12:9). I can rest in knowing that the more I realize that I can’t do it…the more he is able to accomplish through me. I must decrease so that He can increase (John 3:30).

I have to believe that if I were never allowed another convenient ministry tool…presenting Jesus would be enough. If I had to lead people into worship and wasn’t allowed to sing a note or strum a guitar…presenting Jesus would be enough to cause them to worship. He is enough for the lonely. He is enough for the broken hearted. He is enough for the searching. He is enough for the joyful. He is enough to satisfy the desires of every individual person on the planet.

Most of all…he is enough for me. If I were never given another dime for music…he is enough for me. If everyone around me turned their backs on me…he is enough for me. In the midst of an impossible mission to bring his Glory into the entire world…he is enough to complete it. His strength is made perfect in my weakness.

God let me learn to love the places that bring me low so that you may be lifted high. Because your strength is made perfect in my weakness, I empty myself before you so that you may fill me. Let others see your Kingdom inside of me, and let them encounter you in a way that changes them forever. May my strength in life be found in knowing that you are ‘enough’ for me, and may my life be a testimony and an encouragement to others that you are ‘enough’ for them.

Posted by admin
in Uncategorized
3 Comments »

This entry was posted on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 9:40 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.