Only Jesus?

What now? I am back home from my internship and I return to school on Monday, so what now? As you all will recall, I had a set song for my summer. The main question that I have today is "Is having only Jesus good enough?" I read an article on Facebook the other day that addressed this exact thing. If everything was taken away from us this very moment, would Jesus be enough? Sure, we are to say, "Of course he is enough! He is God and he will sustain us!", but do we really believe that? Yes, some truly do and I envy them for their complete faith. Sometimes I don't think this. I have my questions, but they are not all the way to doubts. I know God will provide for me (I have seen him do time and time again), I know that he loves me though sometimes love is hurtful.

You see, In love, we don't always get what we want, but instead, we get what we need. Sometimes what we need is some tough love. We might not be able to be in a relationship that we want because that would be detrimental to ourselves. We might not be at the job, school, house, etc. that we want to be at, but we are in these places because God knew what we needed when we needed it. Always, through and through, God's love wins. That is all that it is. His love wins out. So, yes, God is all-loving, but what we think of love is skewed from what love is. God is the perfect love and not the skewed version that we have on this earth. It doesn't matter what I feel about who I love or what anyone feels about who they love, but God's love is the ultimate love. We may not be able to control how we feel, but we can turn to God.

My family always ask me if I am going to be in a relationship. I know that God is calling me to singleness for the time being. I know what feelings I have in me, and they are to be in a relationship. However, if I were to go into a relationship now, I would stop my focus on God and turn it to another person. That is not right. My focus needs to be on Christ and not another person and if I need to be single to do that, then let that be so.

Is Jesus enough to be my only thing? In some ways, I believe he completely is. I cannot sit here and type that I believe he is enough for everything for me because I know deep in my heart that I do not believe that quite yet. I still struggle with the concept of Jesus being enough. My family has had to fight for too many things. My grandparents were share-croppers, they helped raise other people's children. My mom had to work multiple jobs through college to make it through, she still works 4 jobs to make it through and to support her kids. My family fights for what we need (and a little of what we want), so how can Jesus be enough when we have to fight? My faith has grown a lot this past couple of years, but that does not mean that I have everything figured out. I still have a lot to learn of God and I hope that as I continue to learn that my faith will grow and that my trust in Him will also grow.

With all this being said, I will leave you all with a bit of challenge. I challenge you all to grow. Grow more in Christ so that when you are asked if Jesus will be enough for you, you can say yes. May God bless you all!