Enough/Worthy
Wow. It feels like it’s been an eternity since I’ve written on the blog. As I write this, I am sitting down after two days at a new job, two days of baby and bridal showers, and I am honestly exhausted. Nonetheless, there is nothing I’d rather be doing right now than sharing this piece of my heart.
The last few months have been beautiful, scary, exciting, nerve-wracking, stressful, and joyous. There have been highs and lows, and, in the lows, I’ve found myself falling victim to comparison. In every facet of life, this can prove to be so difficult.
It can be so hard not to look around and compare yourself with other Christian people.
The faith life is not immune to influencer culture and, as we’re all pretty aware by now, social media tends to be a highlight reel. Everything is posted and edited and it’s hard not to feel like we aren’t doing well enough in our faith. I’m here to remind you that you are worthy and you are enough.
I promise I’m not here to give you the typical “wow you’re so enough and perfect and sparkly and everything is so easy” spiel because that would be a lie. Straight up, in the Bible, we are told that, in fact, we alone aren’t worthy. The beautiful thing is that it also says that God’s love makes us worthy. How wild is it that, without doing anything at all, God Himself makes us worthy??
Unpacking the phrase “you are enough” literally, in Biblical context, means that YOU are enough. YOU are enough for Him just as you are. You don’t have to alter yourself to fit into someone else’s narrative of perfect Christianity. How YOU love Him is more than perfect. Should we always want to find ways to strengthen our relationship with Him? Absolutely! But doing extra and trying to exactly emulate the ways of your favorite insta-Christian isn’t going to strengthen YOUR relationship with Him. He wants you as you are.
When you feel the pressure of the world on your back, look to Matthew 6: 2-4 which says:
“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
I’m not saying everyone on social media who talks about their good acts is a hypocrite. What I am saying is that impressing others is temporary. No amount of likes could ever be equivalent to the rejoicing God does for your selflessness.
This is illustrated again in Matthew 25: 34-40:
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
He sees you. He knows your heart. Spending your energy being anyone other than yourself is energy wasted. He made you perfectly in His image and likeness. If He wanted you to be someone else, He’d have made you someone else. You are enough. You are worthy.
