“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeremiah 29:11

This is an appeal to the hearts of those who don’t feel good enough, smart enough, talented enough, or enough in general.

ENOUGH!!

God has a plan for your life! He handcrafted you for a purpose! You are tailor made by God almighty! God made the oceans and the skies… He made the Heavens and the earth… He made the birds and the beasts… there is nothing in God’s creation that is just like anything else… He hand crafts and hand creates for a purpose! He doesn’t expect the sun to function like the moon. He doesn’t expect the sky to hold the same purpose as the sea. And He doesn’t expect you to behave like anyone other than who he formed and fashioned you to be.

You are fearfully and wonderfully made! —Psalm 139:13

So take a risk—be authentically you.

For years I struggled with deep insecurity and lack of identity. I was constantly observing what others were doing, saying, what they looked like, what they wore, how they spoke… etc. and I was measuring myself against what I considered to be perfection.

Naturally I fell way short by comparison.

It was exhausting!

I’ll never forget the night I heard God speak to me for the first time. I was 14 years old and was at my whit’s end! I was tired of constantly selling myself short by comparing myself to everyone else. I was worn-out feeling like I wasn’t enough on my own. The war in my mind was sucking the life out of me until finally—I had had enough! I fell to my knees in the middle of a large youth convention and cried out to God from a place of pure desperation,

WHO AM I, LORD?!?!!

You’ve got to tell me who I am!!

Suddenly, in the midst of a noisy room I could hear the voice of God. It was just as it was for Elijah in 1 Kings 19, it wasn’t in the mighty roar of the music thundering from the stage, and it wasn’t in the shouts of praise of my peers around me… God spoke to me in a gentle whisper.

There I was in the middle of a crowded conference center surrounded by hundreds of vibrant teenagers jumping around to the bellowing music I heard the gentle whisper of the Lord for the first time. His words pierced my heart and silenced both the noise in this crowded room and the noise of the war raging throughout my mind.

It was then that my precious Savior revealed Himself to me as a loving Father. He spoke life into my identity. He gave me vision and purpose and for the first time in my life, I knew who I was. In just a few simple words the voice of God had shattered all the lies I had been telling myself about who I was and who I was not and truth won the war over my identity.

From that day forward even though at times I still question, “am I enough Lord?” He faithfully reminds me, “Krissy, with Me you are more than enough.”

So there you have it friend, if you’ve been feeling not good enough, smart enough, talented enough, or enough in general, God would say over you today, “With Me, you are more than enough!”

Go fourth in peace and dare to be authentically who God made you to be. If you are still struggling with your own identity and purpose I have a simple solution for you—simply ask God. Fall to your knees and go right to the source—the One who made you—and ask Him. I promise you that if you’ll listen, He will show you who you are and will breathe life into your destiny.

I love you!

Krissy

P.S. How can I be praying for you today?

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