But Not Enough

"Sense and Sensibility" is a novel by Jane Austen.

The movie made with Emma Watson and Kate Winslet was really beautiful, very well done, and pretty true to the book.

There's a poignant moment when "Marianne," Kate Winslet, acknowledges that the object of her adoration loved her-----but not enough.

Not enough.

Not enough to make the changes needed to be her true love.


I think about that phrase often.

I have had some interaction with atheists on Twitter, and there is one person who claims to have sought Christ his whole life, but now fails to believe. I have a friend who was on track to be a minister, now disillusioned with all things faith-related, not believing in God.

I have dear ones struggling with sin in their lives, unable to rise above the failure.


They don't have enough.

Enough of what? You ask.


There is a human nature that will struggle with sin in this mortal body. But there is victory in Jesus, too.

How do we get from A to B?

God invites all who will come. He is not willing that ANY perish. One must seek the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness. The Bible plainly teaches this.

We must seek.


Not hopelessly! The Bible promises we will find!

But we must seek, and I'm thinking there aren't many who seek enough.

Enough.


Seek enough.

Seek enough to be filled with the Holy Spirit everyday. Seek enough to spend hours in reading the Bible and prayer.

Seek enough to deny yourself food, alcohol, whatever your body craves.

Seek enough.

It's what will get you through the darkest moments of pain and doubt. It will seal your soul in Christ. Seek that you shall find, knock, ask, PURSUE.

And it WILL be given to you.

God's promises are never empty.