Enough.

One thing I found myself wondering yesterday in the midst of worship:  is God really more than enough?  I love the Lord, most certainly…and I would not want to live any other way but the way everlasting.  The truths and principals I know are the best way to live.  The challenge of Christian living gives my life purpose and direction.  I can feel the spirit’s presence often in my life leading and shaping me.  All of this is true…but I wonder if I were to have a Job type experience if all of those truths would be enough to sustain my faith through hardship.

Would the loss of friends, family, health, security, money…all of it…would those losses lead me to forsake my convictions and dedication to a God whom I know only to be love?  After all is lost, would I still be able to look upon Him as a loving protector?  As I was thinking this, I continually found myself answering no in the hypothetical.  I cant imagine sticking with a god who stripped all from me…and the discouragement of that felt very heavy.

But then I started thinking about the mini-Job moments I have had in my life.  Those that I can recall have only fortified my commitment to Him.  Although I have certainly had times of doubt, I have always been delivered; buy the grace of God, with a continued and grown faith…so maybe my faith isn’t as bleak as it seems to me in the midst of hypothetical trials.  Perhaps I should focus on the real trials the Lord has already brought me through and rejoice that I find myself today with a stronger faith then when I began my walk.