Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Enoughness

I'm reading this cool devotional called The Message Remix: Solo. Today's passage was Exodus 16:9-16 in which I found some incredible truths. So, first check out the scripture and then come back to read this excerpt from the book:

Look at the wide range of emotions the Israelites were facing:
the deep neediness of complaining,
the excitement of seeing the glory of God in the cloud,
the perplexity of seeing this strange bread from heaven,
the satisfaction of having enough.

Then consider: If you were to complain to God right now, what would your complaint be? In what ways have you been perplexed, if any, by God's response to your complaining? How might God have truly provided enough but you didn't recognize it as God's bread from heaven--exactly what you needed?

So pray and ask God to show you how he has provided you with enough, even though you still might wonder.

Sit in the quiet and feel God's "enoughness" in your body. Where do you feel it? In arms that are full? In a quiet mind? In a stomach that feels full? In muscles that work well? If you really mean it, try delighting in this enoughness.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

OH! I LOVE this meditation...enoughness!

I have been chewing on a similar revelation from the story of Elijah in the wilderness: God sent the ravens, those dirty birdies, to feed him. I wonder (sometimes aloud), "What if Elijah had been expecting a deer? Or an angel bearing a tray? What if he hadn't recognized the enoughness of God's sustaining gifts?"

Sigh. It brings such fullness. Such enough.