Pastor Rex Writes

Inadequacy: A barrier or a blessing?

1. Feelings of inadequacy can be a barrier or a blessing in your life.
When we feel inadequate, the greatest danger is that these feelings will discourage us in such a way that we will fail to know and experience God’s best in our lives. One of the greatest reasons that many people fail to walk in God’s will is that they suffer from feelings of unworthiness.

2. Feelings of inadequacy become a barrier because of their results.
We live in fear of failure. We harbor fears that we will not measure up to the expectations of other people. We also experience feelings of being unqualified when asked to serve. Some people use inadequacy as an excuse to escape personal involvement or responsibility. They may even use it to avoid doing the will of God. What are the results of all these experiences? They deprive us of joy, peace and contentment in life. These inadequacies deprive us of loving relationships, because we fail to give our best to others. Finally, these feelings can also keep us from God-given opportunities to impact people with the Gospel.

3. Feelings of inadequacy drive us to God.
These feelings actually become blessings to us by driving us toward God. We pray more, we seek His Word, and we learn to trust and depend upon Him more deeply. Whatever He calls us to do, we find we are able to do it by relying upon Him.

4. Feelings of inadequacy relieve us of trying to serve God in our own strength.
God doesn’t intend for us to depend on our own strength, but on His. When we recognize that we are inadequate to meet our own needs, we find based upon God’s truth, that we are relieved of the burden of having our own strength and wisdom. We experience the freedom to simply trust in Him to provide all that we need, and then inadequacy becomes a blessing to us.

Conclusion:

Our God takes great delight in proving His faithfulness to you. Do you want to experience the awesome blessing of relying completely upon God’s adequacy? First, acknowledge that you personally lack the ability to do what He is calling you to do. Second, affirm that you are placing your complete trust in Him and that He will be true to His Word. Third, take advantage of the opportunity to glorify God by demonstrating His complete adequacy as you rely upon Him.

As you begin to trust in Him, you will begin to witness situations that allow you to experience His work. You will see His results. You will experience the complete sufficiency of Jesus Christ who promised to give us all that we need whenever we need it. Then you will discover the joy of being a child of God, fully dependent on a Father who will never fail us.

Pastor Rex