enough silencing the lies that steal your confidence

He wasn’t brave enough, strong enough, smart enough, eloquent enough, charismatic enough, or confident enough.Īt one point, Moses said, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you,” and they ask me, “What is his name?” Then what shall I tell them? Moses told God he was the wrong man for the job. That’s when he had a one-sided argument with God. When God spoke to him through a burning bush and called him to lead His people out of Egyptian bondage, he had a big case of the “not good enoughs.” Moses was a man who felt he wasn’t good enough. And even though I ended up doing well in school, many times I’ve still felt like that little girl in the caboose of the spelling train. I learned I wasn’t as smart as everybody else, and once again, not enough. Well, I learned how to spell the word the, but that’s not all I learned. Students came up to me and asked, “Why are you wearing that tag?” “Is your name ‘The’?” “You must be stupid.” “What’s wrong with you?” T-h-e, and I had to wear it for two weeks. I’ll help her, my teacher must have thought. For some reason, I especially had trouble with the word the. I spent most of the first grade in the caboose. If we missed the word, we had to go to the caboose. The teacher held up a spelling flashcard for us to identify the word. We lined up our miniature wooden chairs in a row like a choo-choo train. I was “not enough.”Īs soon as my first-grade teacher held up that initial spelling flashcard, I knew I was in trouble. But first grade only confirmed my greatest fear.

When I was six years old, I skipped off to school with a new box of crayons, a Swiss–polka dotted dress, and fresh hope that I would be smart. I’ve spent far too much wasted time not feeling good enough and my prayer is that someone else will see God’s value in themselves through Sharon’s message. I was so enamored with her new book, Enough, that I hopped on the opportunity to share her beautiful words with you.

Today’s devotion is written by my friend, Sharon Jaynes.

Enough silencing the lies that steal your confidence