This week I was reading Joanna Weaver’s book, Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, and a quote struck me. “Unfortunately, a lot of the time that is exactly what we want—enough of God to make us happy, but not enough to make us change.” Wow! That hit a nerve! That got me thinking…What is enough of God?

Enough is defined as “as much or as many as required”. Synonyms for enough include, “sufficient, adequate and comfortable”. Enough God to make me comfortable…that sounds like our present-day church! In the United States, we brag that we are a Christian nation, that we love God, we even have “In God we trust” written on our currency. But I would wager that many “Christians” only want enough God to make them comfortable. We don’t want God to push us beyond that point. We support our community free supper as long as those people don’t start coming to Sunday service. Is that what we have become? I shudder to think!

Now, I am not standing on a soap box, looking down on everyone. I am guilty just as much as any other. I want God to bless me and to keep me save, warm and prosperous. I don’t feel comfortable in many situations, where God could certainly use me. But—this quote really made me stop and think. If I profess to be a Christian—I love the Lord—I seek to serve Him, in what situations am I putting my hand up to God’s face and saying— “That’s enough God. Not gonna happen!”

I hate to drive. I would much rather be chauffeured everywhere. But, when it comes to my life and how I think things should go, I definitely want to be in the driver’s seat. I don’t want anyone else controlling my speed, direction, or destination. As I have pondered this idea over the past few days, I really have thought about where I am holding God at arm’s length. More importantly, what am I missing from keeping Him out of the driver’s seat of my life.

Now—I am not going to tell you that this epiphany has changed me overnight! I still run to food when I am stressed, instead of running to God. I still have questionable entertainment choices, now and again. But the love that God is offering to me—I truly want that relationship! Yet, in my broken human nature, I struggle with opening up my clenched hand and releasing those things that I hold so dear—to Him.

Matthew 6:33, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” It is better to seek God first, rather than what the world has to offer. For in God’s richness and grace, we will find more than we could have ever imagined within this broken, dark world.

I ask you to join me in this daily challenge. Where do you hear God speaking to your heart? What is He telling you? Where is your destination? Are you happily sitting in the backseat of the car as He chauffeurs your life, or do you have a death grip on the steering wheel as you weave in and out of your daily challenges?

Dear Friends—God isn’t looking to obliterate us when we mess up. He truly wants us to walk with Him, each day, in relationship. But if we make the world and the trappings that it offers more important than He, we will miss not only the love He wishes to give to us, but we will miss opportunities and blessings from truly serving Him. It is a constant battle that we each must fight. Next time you feel Him tugging at your heart—will you join Him on the journey? I sure hope that I do.