Am I Good Enough?

There are times I deal with the “I’m not good enoughs” and sharing this makes me rather vulnerable, so I would rather not share it—but I feel like I must.  For example, at different times, it could be, I’m not good enough for God to speak to me like that or I’m not good enough to find treasures in scripture. I’m not good enough for God to use me, and the like.

Thinking this way is an IDOL. Although it’s a sneaky one.  This is meditating on lies and completely negating all scripture that speaks of HOW MUCH HE LOVES AND WANTS OUR ATTENTION.  An idol is by definition a “form or appearance visible but without substance”.

In his LOVE the “not good enoughs”or “good enoughs” don’t even exist. Those ideas revolve around self not God.  Major pride factor, too, because I’m insinuating at some point I will be “good enough” for God. Your “self-consciousness undermines God consciousness”, a famous minister once said.

1 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down IMAGinations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

Imagination has the word image in it. Aren’t idols, after all, false images.  In this case the false image we have of ourselves that God doesn’t think favorably about us.  We have been told that God wants a clean temple with no idols—So we need to cast down these lies about ourselves that we aren’t good enough for God to use, speak to or otherwise.

How do we cast them down? Instead we purpose to think on ALL God has done for us and on His love for us in scripture.  Here’s a place to begin to direct your mind.

Jeremiah 31:3
…Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Hebrews 13:5
… He has said,  “I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!”

We build pathways in our mind according to our repetitive thoughts.  Like rivers, these pathways easily form with the path of least resistance when we let our mind wander.  If we want to change the pathways of thinking that are contrary to what God says about us, we must purpose to do so by meditating  on how precious we are to the Lord.  We can take the next step by reading the scriptures above (or ones like them) out loud to ourselves when we wake up, before we go to sleep, and when our mind starts to wander.