Today’s reading from The One Year Bible:
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” – John 1:29
The first thing John the Baptist said about Jesus is found right here,“the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” A lamb was known for one thing—being the sacrifice, the substitute for sin. The lamb was enough to cover your sins. Jesus was going to be the one-time sacrifice for the sins, not of one man, but of all of mankind! His blood, the precious blood of Jesus, is what makes you right in God’s eyes. It is the blood of Jesus that forgives sin and makes you enough!
Have you ever felt like you are not enough? If you’ve lived with someone that you seem to never be able to please, then you know exactly what I’m talking about. No matter how hard you try, it’s just never enough. It’s a horrible place to be, to feel that you are just not enough. Either you don’t know enough, you don’t do enough, you don’t perform well enough, you don’t pray enough, you don’t… and so the list goes on.
This feeling of not being enough is ugly and relentless. I’m not alone here and neither are you. Jesus also knew it all too well. They did not think He was enough. He did not do enough miracles for some; for others He did too many miracles. Out of all the good that He did, all the miracles He did, all the provision He gave, all the teaching He gave… it was not enough, so they cried, “Crucify Him!”
Thanks be to Jesus. He made you and me enough! When it comes to relationship with you, Jesus says, “You’re enough!” You’re not in the process of trying to achieve enough. When the Father looks at you, He sees Jesus! The blood of Jesus is enough to wash away every sin. The blood of Jesus is enough to protect and heal you. It’s what the blood has made you that you have to let sink in. Oh, what endless striving will finally come to an end when you know He has made you enough. He has qualified you—qualified to be enough, to have enough competency. That, my friend, is you in Christ Jesus.
It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own.
Our qualification comes from God. – 2 Corinthians 3:5
Kevin
