Enough: Silencing Lies That Steal Your ConfidenceSample

I AM Fills In Your Blanks

“I’m not ___________ enough.” 

You can fill in that blank with smart, talented, gifted, spiritual, outgoing, attractive, or any number of positive attributes.  But the root source of each one of those blanks is rooted in “I’m not good enough.” Period. It’s one of the Enemy’s favorite deceptions to hold God’s children hostage to a life that is “less than.” I’m not good enough is an insidious lie that keeps God’s best at bay for many of His children. 

The Enemy tries to get us to focus on our flaws rather than on our faith. When we focus on our faults, we take our focus off God, who equips us; the Holy Spirit, who empowers us; and Jesus, who envelops us.

The Bible does say no one is good enough to earn his or her way into heaven (Romans 3:23). Salvation is a gift of God (Ephesians 2:8). However, many have taken the truth that they are not good enough to earn their way to heaven and transferred it to “I’m not good enough—period.” But through the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross, and His power working in you and through you, you are good enough to do everything God has called you to do and be.

Giving in to the lie of “I’m not good enough” will paralyze you. It’s the coward’s way out. I might have just hurt your feelings, but listen, I’m talking to myself, too. 

Courage and confidence follow obedience. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the words “I’m not good enough,” screaming in my head. But when I step out in obedience, and do what God has called me to do regardless, the power of the Holy Spirit overpowers the lies of the Enemy.

One of the most important names for God is YHWH, or I AM. When we say, “I’m not good enough," God says “I AM.” When we say “I’m not strong enough,” God says, “I AM.” He is the God who fills in our blanks.

Once we let go of the lies that we are not enough and take hold of the truth that we are more than enough because of Jesus’s presence and power in us, then we will be set free from the mealy-mouthed mentality and be on our way to experiencing the courageous confidence of an overcomer. 

What blanks do you need to let the great I AM fill in your life?