I don’t know about you, but I like buffets. I love getting to indulge in a wide variety of foods, especially the desserts. I always leave feeling so full and content like I won’t need another meal ever again. But honestly, it doesn’t take too long for that satisfaction to dissipate and I do, in fact, get hungry again. This is a literal example of how the things of this world will not permanently fulfill us.  Although participating in worldly things can be innocent, enjoyable, and in the case of eating, necessary, they are never enough to place our hope in for life and true satisfaction. Jesus is enough. Yep, it’s that simple. What Jesus did is enough and what He provides for us is more than enough. 

When we trust God to fulfill our daily needs, His provision is abundant. We have a choice: we can either place our focus on the constant need for physical things, or we can be content with the blessings God has provided.  The Lord supplies for the needs of His people. We all know that some people have more material things than others. When we get caught up with comparison, that gives way for sin to creep in and fill our hearts with discontentment. The Lord has a plan of using our exact circumstances to grow His kingdom in ways that we may not even understand right now. That’s where faith comes in; trusting God’s way is above my own. I have all that I need if I have Jesus. 

We need to focus on the big picture; Jesus died on the cross so that we could escape the wrath of sin. That alone is enough. One of my favorite Bible stories is when Jesus feeds the five thousand with five loaves of bread and two fish. Picturing that little amount of food to feed such a large group seems impossible. Yet as we read further, we find that everyone was fed and satisfied; there were even leftovers! What a wonderful testimony to represent the way Jesus meets our physical and spiritual needs. Enjoy all the buffets, but trust in the Lord for that permanent satisfaction. Jesus is enough. 

“Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭14‬:‭19‬-‭20‬ ‭