R. Scott Rodin: Enough

• I have enough time to accomplish all the things for which I am responsible.

When? Maybe never? When you read these, does your heart yearn for them to be true of you? Mine does. They speak of holy contentment—one of God’s greatest gifts to those who will surrender and follow Him.

John 10:10 tells us that in Jesus we can experience “life in all its fullness.” Life where we have enough in Jesus, and we are enough in Jesus. The painful truth for most of us is that we are being robbed of this life. John 10:10 opens by warning us: “The enemy comes to kill, steal, and destroy.”

A number of years ago I was privileged to get to know John Bishop, a former Marine and a wonderful thinker on leadership and our faithful journey with Jesus. One day, he asked me if I knew the primary strategy of war. I did not. He went on to tell me that the primary strategy of war is to destroy your enemy’s ability to wage war on you. As I thought about the international conflicts with which I was familiar, it made sense. The initial attacks are never on the front lines. They go deep into the interiors, targeting ammunition stockpiles, fuel and transportation assets, bridges and airfields, communication centers, and main roads. By the time the attention turns to the soldiers, they are already cut off from everything they need to fight effectively.

Spiritual warfare is exactly the same. John 10:10 tells us the enemy’s intentions. The teachings of Jesus help us understand the weapons. Two of the most powerful emerged in Eden and are reenacted by us every day. They create anxiety, steal hope, cause stress and burnout, erode our identity, and rob us of joy. They manifest in us two perspectives that successfully focus our attention on what we don’t have. Their names are Scarcity and Fear.”

R. Scott Rodin in Enough: Finding Deep Contentment in an Anxious and Fearful World (Morgan James Faith: New York, 2026) 8.

I am excited to read this book. It’s brand new. It just released this month. Find it here. This represents the first of seven posts from it.

The dot points really caught my attention.

Why? We live in a ‘not enough’ world filled with scarcity and fear so we do not hear ‘enough’ statements like those. Read them again.

They are true because we serve a God who has invited us to ask Him to supply our daily bread and everything else. Speaking of bread, I hope you like the picture of the beautiful bread I enjoyed with brothers and sisters in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Rodin right points out the spiritual warfare at play.

To get the most out of this week, pause and ask God if there are any areas in your life where the evil one has established a stronghold.

How do you locate those places? Was it hard to read one of the five dot points and believe that is true?

If any one of them was hard, it may help you discern where scarcity and fear have taken root like weeds in your mind and heart.

Father in heaven, by your Holy Spirit, help me identify any areas where scarcity and fear prevail in me. As I proclaim what is true, set me free. I thank you that I have enough of everything I need in Jesus, in whose name I pray. Amen.