When is Enough, Enough?

I have been thinking, and writing in my personal journal about the concept of enough. In our walk whether we are christian or not, saved or not...When is Enough, Enough?  Enough to eat, good enough shelter,  enough to drink (alcohol or not), enough money...I could go on.


websters defines enough as:

Full Definition of enough

:  occurring in such quantity, quality, or scope as to fully meet demands, needs, or expectations <enough food for everyone>

Still another definition is:

Full Definition of enough

1. 1:  in or to a degree or quantity that satisfies or that is sufficient or necessary for satisfaction :  sufficiently
2. 2:  fully, quite <he is qualified enough for the position>

:  in a tolerable degree <she sang well enough>

Societies definition of enough is all together different.  As defined by Urban Dictionary
Enough - a word to describe a person of the opposite sex as good looking, beautiful or hot. Enough meaning he/she would be enough to suit your needs.
or
When one has received a sufficient amount of something and does not want anymore.


So to what end is Enough, Enough?  

1 timothy 6:6-11

6 A godly life brings huge profits to people who are content with what they have. 7 We didn’t bring anything into the world, and we can’t take anything out of it. 8 As long as we have food and clothes, we should be satisfied.

9 But people who want to get rich keep falling into temptation. They are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires which drown them in destruction and ruin. 10 Certainly, the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people who have set their hearts on getting rich have wandered away from the Christian faith and have caused themselves a lot of grief.

11 But you, man of God, must avoid these things. Pursue what God approves of: a godly life, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. 

Enough...

1 corinthians 3:16-20

16 Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him because God’s temple is holy. You are that holy temple!

18 Don’t deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise in the ways of this world, you should give up that wisdom in order to become really wise. 19 The wisdom of this world is nonsense in God’s sight. That’s why Scripture says, “God catches the wise in their cleverness.” 20 Again Scripture says, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are pointless.”

So if we are gods temple, when will we learn the concept of enough?  "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?"  (matthew 6:26)  If we are worth more than sparrows when will we put down are earthly desires and let the spirit fill and provide for our needs according to the will of god, and not ours?  

I have for one have had enough of my own desires.  I want more of the spirit working in me, more of the holiness of god moving and working, even if i am too blind in my humanness to see it. 

If Christ has died for me - ungodly as I am, without strength as I am - then I can no longer live in sin, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me. I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend. I must be holy for his sake. How can I live in sin when He has died to save me from it?

(Charles Spurgeon)

to be continued...

Chris McClarney - Beauty For Ashes