At Elevate Life Church on the night of Good Friday… Pastor Keith Craft {My Dad} — preached a message titled, Jesus is Enough.

This message was so good… & I wanted to share some thoughts with you. At the bottom of this post, I also provided a link so you can watch/listen to the service.

I decided to look up the etymology of the word: Enough. 

It was interesting because the entire meaning of the word led me to another word — Sufficient. Which means, to take the place of, to replace. This gave me a whole new understanding to the words, JESUS IS ENOUGH…& I realized:

• There will never be anything good enough or strong enough about us that can overcome sin.

• We are not powerful enough to overtake the schemes of the enemy.

• & somehow when Jesus gives us freedom –  we react in such a manner… as if, we want our chains, because we think we deserve them & now we come to the conclusion we must free ourselves.

But that’s not the truth.

•  Your goodness will never be good enough to set you free – only the goodness of God can.

• & ONLY the power of God can overcome the enemy every time… 

• We have been given a free gift – HOU have been set free by God & yet we find it hard to receive that freedom.

SO LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU IN THIS SEASON: You don’t have to fight so hard & try so hard to win your freedom.

God will always be the only one who is ever enough to serve as a replacement for you.  He literally takes our sin | brokenness | shame… all the unlovable parts of us & proclaims — I LOVE YOU! Just as you are, He loves you. Broken, He loves you. Ashamed, He loves you. Forgotten, He loves you. The failure, He loves you. & the only thing you have to do is change your allegiance.

You are free, so stop being a slave to anything that is not from God — for you. You see, He is the only thing that is powerful enough to save us. It doesn’t matter how smart | strong | or good you think you are on your own… Without Jesus we are broken | bound | & on our way to destruction… but WITH Him, freedom is not only possible — it’s already yours!

With Him, anything/anyone that is broken — becomes not just whole & healed… you become of use & beautiful & worthy in His kingdom. With Him, because of Him — we are enough, we can overcome anything!

Jesus will always be enough for you. He is always the answer — He loves you right where you stand in this moment. Even when you don’t love Him back.

CLICK TO WATCH THE SERVICE FROM TONIGHT: JESUS IS ENOUGH.