Enough –as much or as many as required-sufficient, adequate, tolerable. This year my “New Years Resolution” was to stop doubting my worth. Am I enough? Looking at that now from a different perspective, the definition of enough isn’t something to really strive for. I don’t want to be simply adequate? Who among us would strive to be an adequate wife? An adequate mother? An adequate friend? We want to be more. Satan on the other hand, wants to keep us in the dark, hiding away, doubtful, afraid and timid. He doesn’t want us to forge into each day armed with the power that God has given us.
I can hear you now-Power? Who has power? I barely had enough “power” to get out of bed this morning?

2 Timothy 1:7-For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Why, if we have been given this power do we still struggle? We should all be running around with capes on-full of the knowledge of his power and secure in his love. But, we don’t. I don’t. I am in a constant battle every day.

Many days I find myself in a fog of doubt. I put on a brave face. I go to work. I take care of my family. But inside, many days I am questioning everything. How does Satan hold this power over me? More importantly, how do I break these chains that bind me? Jeremiah 29:11-“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.” Many of us are very familiar with that verse. And we know in our head that God is in control; that he loves us and wants what is best for us. We know we can trust him. But when I am in the midst of the battle and Satan is whispering in my ear, it can be very hard.

I think women in particular struggle with their personal value. We are told so many things from society. We must be thin, smart, beautiful, powerful….the list goes on and on. But when you look into your own soul, what do you see? I hope that you see the person that God loves. The person he has personally designed a plan for. The person who could never fall far enough from him, that he wouldn’t take you back. You are more than enough. I am more than enough. And through his power and his majesty, we will leap those tall buildings that stand before us, in a single bound.