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St Augustine famously prayed, “Our heart is restless until it finds rest in you.” 

That rings true, doesn’t it? Advertisers profit from this restlessness, this deep and unarticulated hunger for something. They point out the longing, and sell a lifestyle or product to satisfy it. The porn industry has mastered this! But as you know, the video, the phone, the house, the relationship, the philosophy, can all be distracting, even satisfying for a while... but our hearts are soon restless again. 

Today's focus is the truth that God is enough. He is enough because your heart will always be restless until it finds rest in God. 

It’s all too easy to focus on material and tangible things to self-soothe, to satisfy, to give us direction or purpose. But our story as humans is that the mess and mistakes we make often come from our losing sight of the heavenly father who loves us. 

You don’t need more than Him. 

G K Chesterton said, “Every man who knocks on the door of the brothel is looking for God.”  I wonder, is your porn use rooted in your restlessness? Are you looking for something that porn can never satisfy?

He is enough because He has done everything to set you free. 

It’s been said that the entire story of the bible, a narrative told over generations, all points to one person - Jesus. Jesus’s manifesto was this: to bring good news, to bind up the broken hearted, to set captives free, to give sight to those lost in darkness, to bring hope, light and life.

Do you need any of those things? In Jesus, all of them and more are available to us!  He has done everything! We can’t and shouldn’t try to earn freedom, forgiveness, or wholeness.  

He is enough for all our mess, mistakes, and brokenness.

The way of Jesus is knowing we are loved, owning up to our mistakes without letting them own us, accepting forgiveness, and learning to live in freedom. As a friend of mine says, "It's never too late and your sin is never too great."

Today, pause, be brave and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal once again how deep and wide the love of God is for you. Spend 5 minutes simply repeating this phrase in the quiet: "Jesus, you are enough."

What now?

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