Five years later, many things has changed. It would be difficult to admit that I've not felt insufficient since. For many times, I've felt like I'm not good enough. I've had my share of doors slamming shut in my face, telling me that I am not good enough to do something. But each of these situations allowed me to learn more of what God's perfectly sufficient grace towards me is like.
The reason for our "not good enough" feeling is because we aren't. Tell someone to save themselves from the eternal damnation from the constant rejection of God and we can't save ourselves, no matter how we arm ourselves with moral values and good works. It is because we're not good enough.
Perfection in mortal men doesn't exist. It is a horrible lie that we all seem to believe that we can achieve by ourselves. We strive to be the one without fault. But perfection is meaningless when we ourselves, as imperfect beings try to make something perfect. It doesn't work, and it won't work.
But the only way to be good enough is through the one who is perfect. The only way for us to be good enough for God is through Jesus' cross. It is the cross that reconciles us to the Father, it is the cross that allows us to be "good enough" to be His people. It is not by the things that we’ve done, nor the rules we now need to follow, rather it is through the actions of one obedient man, who gave up his heavenly throne to be mocked, beaten and humiliated on the cross.
If good = perfection, then none of us is good. But in our inadequacy, the cross of Christ covers us, so that because of Him, we can be good enough as we stand before the Father.
And ironically, not being good enough, is the best reason for us to rejoice!
And ironically, not being good enough, is the best reason for us to rejoice!
“May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” Galatians 6:14
Hannah
