Yes, God is more than ready to overwhelm you with every form of grace, so that you will have more than enough of everything—every moment and in every way. He will make you overflow with abundance in every good thing you do.

~2 Corinthians‬ ‭9‬:‭8‬ ‭TPT

‬‬God’s blessings are so generous that sometimes we need guardrails to tell us when we have enough and need to release some. When we do, we follow Jesus’s example by pouring out upon others.

By nature, we are selfish. It’s a part of self-preservation and the drive to survive, grow up, and get a job to provide for ourselves. We are willing to work to do what we need to do to get. But often we don’t put in the same effort to give.

Therefore, we tend to hold things tightly and release them only after careful consideration–and only if we still have enough for ourselves. The underlying drive is fear and an insatiable hunger for more: money, cars, stuff, prestige, house. The list is endless.

As we mature in our faith, we learn to embrace the guardrails of enough. These guardrails teach us to be productive members of society who responsibly plan for the future. We do this without succumbing to the temptation to hoard or work ourselves to death out of fear or greed.

If we ask the Lord to open our eyes, we can look back over our shoulder to realize that He has always been faithful. We can trust He will provide what we need when we need it. Then, our role is to use it wisely and unselfishly.

Our world is gripped by fear and greed. These two things have numbed satiety—that peaceful feeling between hunger and overly full, a place of comfort and satisfaction.

The Lord provides guardrails as a blessing, not as a punishment. There is peace and satisfaction in abiding in the shelter of enough. Scripture encourages us to take hold of this truth.

The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.

~Psalm‬ ‭16‬:‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Enough is where we don’t fall prey to the torment of unending longing due to insatiable hunger for more. Enough is where our fears evaporate because we trust that our Father is good and will meet our needs. Additionally, this leads us to walk lightly in a heavily burdened world. We live unshackled from the trappings of life that chain us to the pain of the past.

Having enough is one of life’s blessings. This mindset is a guardrail that prevents us from slipping off a cliff into the valley of longing. This guardrail transforms anxiety into joy. We trust our Father, experience His blessing, and then bless others.

Beloved, ask God to give you a renewed sense and awareness of what is enough.

Father, bless me with clear guardrails that will teach me true satisfaction. Please help me to find contentment and freedom with less so that I have enough left over to pour out upon others. Then fill me up so I can give again. In Jesus’s name, amen. 

Genre: Non-fiction

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