Sufficient: Is God sufficient and does he come through?

You probably know which answer I'm going to be leaning towards on this one. Although it isn't always when or how we imagined (more on this in the next post), God really is sufficient for every circumstance in which we find ourselves. I know this sounds like a textbook answer and I always found it unsatisfactory when other people said it to me. It felt like they were saying 'if you just have more faith it'll be fine' or even palming me off with this answer because they didn't care enough to really engage with the issue and to stand with me.

And I know that this will probably sound like that to some of you, because until I personally experienced it, it seemed like a very nice idea but life didn't seem to match up. I didn't feel like my faith was up to actually believing the impossible, and it just seemed like words. I suppose my answer to that is ask God to show you. I was given that answer too, and felt much the same about it, but we really do just have to keep asking, keeping trusting, even if it feels like we're barely clinging on by our fingernails. God knows, and he comes through at the perfect time.

He came through for Sarah when she could bear no children.
He came through for Joseph when he was sent into slavery by his brothers.
He came through for the Israelites when they were exiled in Egypt.
He came through for Job after all of his trials.
He came through for Daniel in the lions' den.
He came through for Peter when he walked on the water.
He came through for the sick, demon-possessed and rejected when he came in human form.

I could list countless examples but I will let you do that yourselves!

He came through for Jesus when he raised him from the grave, and more than that, he has come through for every one of us who comes to him. We are still in a battle, but Jesus has won the victory and defeated sin and death. It is finished.

He comes through for me every day, if I care to notice it. He gives me grace to deal with others and myself. He provides for me practically and spiritually. He is a rock to lean on when I can no longer stand, and the glimmer of light and hope in the darkness.

I have struggled writing this post because I know it can just sound like empty words, but please believe me when I say from experience that it really is truth. Redemption wins. He is enough. He can deal with whatever we throw at him and still love us, and he can come through in the most impossible situation.