Adequate in him

Ever feel inadequate or just not as good as someone else? **Raises hand** ME ME ME... I DO!!! And boy do I ever! I find myself constantly comparing myself to other people ALL THE TIME!! I look and say, well that person sings better than me, that person is a better swimmer, that person is a better nurse than I'll ever be... and so on. I often catch myself wondering how everyone else has it together and can do so much at one time... when I am lucky to get out of my house dressed and in one piece... on a good day.

I find myself feeling unworthy to have people like James in my life that are so good at everything they do and then I look at my less than par self and I ask... Why does this person want to be with me? I sometimes find myself fretting with the idea that he will find someone just as good as he is and will want them instead of me.

All these feelings of inadequacy leave me feeling insecure. Insecure leads to awkwardness... its a nasty cycle of events. At 22 years old I should be a confident you woman... but most days I just want to crawl back under the cover and say... "Not today... just not feeling it."

I have many inadequacies—two left feet is a minor one. Trust me, I have some real doozie problems in my life—like we all do. But I know for a fact that no matter how large or small my inadequacies, Christ is all sufficient in my life. I have been a Christ follower for almost 15 years and not once has Jesus failed to meet my needs. I can say along with King David, "The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. " (Psalm 28:7).

I may have a myriad of inadequacies, but I can still sing for joy in His strength.

We all have inadequacies. God created us that way. Why? So that we would learn to depend on Him as our 2 Corinthians 12 states, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

So today, I am going to dance in faith with my two left feet. Will you join me in trusting Jesus, our Almighty God, with your inadequacies?

Dear Lord, I recognize my need for Your strength in my life. My day-to-day existence is fraught with deficiencies. Thank You for being more than enough in my life. Thank You for being my Almighty God!!