God is More Than Enough
Is your body afflicted with disease or pain today? Are your finances in a mess? Do you have a difficulty that is causing you anxiety or a lack of sleep? If so, I have good news for you: no need you may be facing is bigger than the God I serve!
Have you ever heard the song, “He’s got the whole world in His hand?” When I hear that song, I picture a globe of the earth in the palm of God’s hand. That image reminds us that nothing is too difficult for God to handle. No matter if it’s sickness, finances, relationships—anything!
It’s not just that God has the ability to handle it. He longs to deliver you from your difficulty. It’s His deep desire. Let’s look at some scriptural truths that reveal God’s character and His attitude toward our needs.
Gen 17:1 says:
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.”
In Hebrew, God’s declaration is, “I AM El Shaddai.” El Shaddai means “The All Sufficient One” or “The God Who is more than enough”! El Shaddai is one of the seven covenant names through which God revealed Himself to Israel. All throughout the Old Testament, God revealed Himself as the God Who is more than enough.
For example, when the children of Israel departed from Egypt after being slaves for 400 years, they came to the shore of the Red Sea. There they became desperate: angry Egyptians behind them, a sea in front of them, and mountains on either side. It looked like a hopeless situation. But God was more than enough! When Moses lifted his rod, God parted the sea long enough for the Israelites to pass through. Not only did they cross to safety, but when the Egyptians tried to follow them, they drowned as the sea returned to normal. God proved Himself to be El Shaddai! He could deliver His people because of Moses’ faith and because He is the God Who is more than enough!
Another time Israel was fighting a battle against their enemies. If night fell, they would be in danger of losing the battle. But El Shaddai was with them—and more than enough! When Joshua commanded the sun and moon to stand still, God stopped the universe from rotating. Night couldn’t fall, and therefore Israel didn’t lose the battle. God could do this because of Joshua’s faith and because He is the God Who is more than enough!
There are many more such stories in the Old Testament, but now let’s look at the God Who is more than enough in the New Testament.
In John 14:9 Jesus said, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father.” He told the Jews in John 8:56, “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” They answered, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” Jesus replied, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” Jesus was pointing back to how God revealed Himself to Moses at the burning bush: as the great God I AM. Jesus was telling them that they were looking at God.
Jesus demonstrated in His earth walk that He was the great God I AM. The same God who revealed Himself as El Shaddai in the Old Testament came to earth in the form of His Son. Jesus was and is More Than Enough! Here are just a few examples where He demonstrated this and which show He is more than enough for us today!
Jesus fed the multitudes with just a few loaves and fish.
Your need is not too big for Him now.
Jesus healed the sick and restored sight to the blind.
Your disease is not too big for Him now.
Jesus raised Lazarus from the grave after he had been dead four days.
Death is not too big for Him now.
We cannot and should not relegate all that Jesus did to the distant past.
He can and will do those things today, because He is El Shaddai!
When Jesus suffered on the cross, died, and went to hell for three days, He became our complete substitute. He paid the price we could not pay. Satan and his demons thought they defeated God’s purpose, but they were mistaken. On the third morning, the God Who is more than enough said, “It is enough!”
Death is of the enemy. Satan had the power of death. But God raised Jesus from the dead and changed everything. Col 2:15 says:
Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
Jesus announced that He was the great God I AM, and after He rose from the dead, He told John in the book of Revelation,
“I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.” Rev 1:18 NKJV
Now we can receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life in Heaven, because Jesus was and is More Than Enough! It should comfort you to know that anything you are facing today can be resolved by El Shaddai!
He is not the great God, I WAS, or I WILL Be. Jesus is the great God I AM. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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