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             At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today. That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance, as the Lord your God told them.) (Deuteronomy 10:9)


Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)

One of the books I’m reading is rather emphatic about the idea that we should understand, believe, and live within the knowledge that God is enough and even more than enough. I’m struggling with this. I agree that God is enough and more than enough. He is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.

In Scripture, it’s clear that God is the ultimate prize. God was the Levites’ inheritance. If we take delight in the Lord, he will give us the desires of our heart because if we take delight in the Lord, He is the desire of our heart. I get all that. You probably get all that. It’s obvious.

But when it comes down to it, do we really believe it? Do we live it? How many of us go without food, water, or shelter because God is enough? When it comes to God or that bowl of ice cream or a spoonful of peanut butter, is God enough, or do you add the other? Change the food to a cigarette, a relationship, a paycheck, or even a parking space. I’m not trying to be mean, but what do you make excuses about? Yes, God is enough…but just this once…He’ll forgive me…it’s been a hard week… maybe I misunderstood Him, let me ask again…but I need… it’s only natural… I’m just human…God made me this way…she is being difficult!

I wouldn’t begin to suggest that we should go from where we are to not even breathing because God is enough, we don’t need air. But we can decide between God and quite a few things today. We will decide between them. 

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