God Is Enough

February 19, 2025

Becoming a parent for the first time is scary! You try and do the best you can for nine months to prepare yourself physically and emotionally, but you are just kidding yourself. You know this little baby is going to be cute and snuggly and is going to sleep in your arms while you talk to him or her. You also know this tiny little baby is powerful—when he cries you will immediately leave everything you are doing and run. When she is hungry you will stop the world to grab the sweet potato baby food jar, because you’ve tried all the other jars and that’s all she will eat. But what you don’t know, in all your preparation and planning—what is this little person like? What will they do? How will they behave?

In trying to explore the question of “who is God?”, we’ve seen that he is personal and that he is powerful, now we want to think about the personality of God. What is He like? How does he interact with us? Take a look at the pages of Scripture this morning and let the author tell you about himself.

God of seeing.
- Gen 16:13 (ESV) So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”
God of faithfulness and without iniquity.
God of knowledge.
God of our salvation.
- Psa 65:5 (ESV) By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;
God of glory.
- Psa 29:3 (ESV) The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters.
God of vengeance.
God of truth.
God of recompense.
God of endurance.

God of encouragement.
God of hope.
God of peace.
Not a God of confusion but of peace.
God of all comfort.
- 2Co 1:3 (ESV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
God of love.
- 2Co 13:11 (ESV) Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
God of all grace.
- 1Pe 5:10 (ESV) And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Why is it so important that we see these personality traits of God?

Because we need to know and understand and believe that God is sufficient for life and that we are completely insufficient for life. Jesus wants us to know that he is enough!

Say that with me this morning—He is enough!

Col 2:9-10 (ESV) For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, [10] and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

The verb “pléroó” primarily conveys the idea of filling something to its full capacity or bringing something to completion.

In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of “fullness” was significant in various contexts, including commerce, where a vessel or measure being “full” indicated completeness and sufficiency.

Col 2:9-10 (NAS95) For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, [10] and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;

“As a result of the Fall, man is in a sad state of incompleteness. He is spiritually incomplete because he is totally out of fellowship with God. He is morally incomplete because he lives outside of God’s will. He is mentally incomplete because he does not know ultimate truth. At salvation, believers become ‘partakers of the divine nature’ and are made complete. Believers are spiritually complete because they have fellowship with God. They are morally complete in that they recognize the authority of God’s will. They are mentally complete because they know the truth about ultimate reality.” –John MacArthur

We are made complete in Christ. We are filled to overflowing in Christ. Jesus is enough!

The beauty of salvation is that Jesus, fully God and fully man, gives us from his fullness and makes us complete. I came across this illustration the other day. Imagine going to the Pacific Ocean, standing on the shore and looking out. All you see before you is ocean. It just keeps going and going and going and going. Next you bend down with a jar and completely fill your jar with ocean.

If we are in Christ there is never a moment when we are not looked after.
If we are in Christ, Jesus will never leave us and never do us wrong.
If we are in Christ, Jesus knows what we need and in him we can know what to do.
If we are in Christ, Jesus is our Savior now and forever.
If we are in Christ, we can see his glory now and always.
If we are in Christ, Jesus is our great champion over our adversary the devil.
If we are in Christ, Jesus is the truth that sets us free.
If we are in Christ, we can know Jesus will set all things right.
If we are in Christ, through Jesus we will endure. We will make it through the valley.
If we are in Christ, Jesus will cheer us on to the finish line.
If we are in Christ, Jesus knows no defeat. There is always hope.
If we are in Christ, peace that defies understanding is ours for the taking.
If we are in Christ, Jesus’ arms always hold us and comfort us.
If we are in Christ, his perfect love casts away fear.
If we are in Christ, Jesus’ grace walks with us everywhere we go.

Look at this from a negative standpoint for a moment. If we are in Christ and if we are filled in him or complete in him, then there is no room in our lives for the traits that Jesus is not.

For example—Let’s pick on one of the biggest problem in life. Fear, anxiety. Ask yourself is Jesus fearful? Is Jesus anxious? If we are in Christ and are being filled or made complete in Christ, there is no room in our lives for fear or anxiety.

Each of the questions we have answered in this series work together as a progression to show us that Jesus is the answer for life.

Again, take anxiety as our example.

If God is a personal God who knows us and wants us to know him, and if God is a powerful God who is over all and he has come close to handle or to touch every area of our lives, and if God is a God who looks after us and comforts us, and gives us peace, and tells us the truth, and is always with us—then why oh why do we allow room in our lives for anxiety.

Jesus is sufficient. Jesus is enough!

If I’m running around in fear, I’ve forgotten that in Christ I am full and have all I need for the moment. If I’m running around in hopelessness, I’ve forgotten that in Christ I am full and have all I need for the moment. If my marriage is on life support, I’ve forgotten that in Christ I am full and have all I need for the moment. If I’m living in unforgiveness, I’ve forgotten that in Christ I am full and have all I need for the moment.

The goal is to recognize that in Christ we have been made complete. In him we are full and being made full.

2Co 9:8 (ESV) And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

2Co 12:9 (ESV) But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Eph 1:3 (ESV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

“Only when we fully believe that we are dependent beings for anything and everything can Jesus become our all in all, strengthening us despite our human weakness so that His power can be perfected in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9-10) and so that His glory can be seen (2 Corinthians 4:7).”

“We must also understand that his fullness meets our individual needs. He gives us what the moment requires: wisdom, strength, courage. We must remember, too, that as we continue in him, we experience satisfaction of his fullness, a continual stream filling and overflowing our lives.” Kent Hughes

“I’ve got a river of life flowing out of me. Makes the lame to walk and the blind to see. Opens prison doors, sets the captives free. I’ve got a river of life flowing out of me. Spring up O well, within my soul. Spring up, O well. And make me whole. Spring up, O well, and give to me, that life abundantly.”

Jesus is the river of life! Jesus is the well spring of life that makes us whole.

How do I respond this morning?

For the believer

Know that Jesus is enough.

Pro 3:5-6 (ESV) Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. [6] In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Trust in the Lord. (He is sufficient)
With all your heart. (Keep telling yourself that every day)
Do not lean on your own understanding. (You are insufficient)
In all your ways acknowledge him. (When in doubt refer to step 1) (He is sufficient)
He will make straight your paths. (He will lead you where you need to be)

For the unbeliever

Know that Jesus is enough.

Pro 16:25 (ESV) There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Jhn 14:6 (ESV) Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

There is a way. (Jesus is the way)
Which seems right to a man. (Jesus is the truth)
But its end is the way of death. (Jesus is the life).
You will never reach the end goal of life (the Father) without going through Jesus.