Today's meditation
Enough already
Ephesians 4:1-16: I therefore…beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace….But…we must grow up in every way into…Christ, from whom the whole body…promotes the body's growth in building itself up in love.
A noted actress recently admitted paying too much attention to online comments and criticism. She says that, “My whole life has been proving my enoughness.”
Many of us feel the need to show our ‘enoughness.’ I know in my soul that I am exactly as God created me to be, and that being God’s beloved means I have value. I tell myself that God uses my insecurity to help the world, but that claim is one more component of a need to prove I’m worthy.
Ephesians says to “lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,” but that admonition is not an instruction to measure up. It is instead a reminder that we have already been saved by God, that a virtuous and productive life serves as thanks to God for that salvation.
Doing the best we can to love in all circumstances is what God asks of us. Having created us, God knows we are flawed, that we struggle to live a life worthy of the gift of grace given us. So when we wonder if we matter, we have to remember one truth.
God’s grace in saving us serves as sufficient evidence of our enoughness.
Psalm 66; Isaiah 28:9-16 (St. Simon and St. Jude)
Copyright 2024 by Carol Mead. For noncommercial use and sharing only. For more information on this ministry, and on a free subscription to these meditations, please contact the author by email (thenewmead@yahoo.com).
A noted actress recently admitted paying too much attention to online comments and criticism. She says that, “My whole life has been proving my enoughness.”
Many of us feel the need to show our ‘enoughness.’ I know in my soul that I am exactly as God created me to be, and that being God’s beloved means I have value. I tell myself that God uses my insecurity to help the world, but that claim is one more component of a need to prove I’m worthy.
Ephesians says to “lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called,” but that admonition is not an instruction to measure up. It is instead a reminder that we have already been saved by God, that a virtuous and productive life serves as thanks to God for that salvation.
Doing the best we can to love in all circumstances is what God asks of us. Having created us, God knows we are flawed, that we struggle to live a life worthy of the gift of grace given us. So when we wonder if we matter, we have to remember one truth.
God’s grace in saving us serves as sufficient evidence of our enoughness.
Psalm 66; Isaiah 28:9-16 (St. Simon and St. Jude)
Copyright 2024 by Carol Mead. For noncommercial use and sharing only. For more information on this ministry, and on a free subscription to these meditations, please contact the author by email (thenewmead@yahoo.com).