He who has God

“He who has God has nothing less than he who has God and everything else.” –Heath McNease

A few months ago I stumbled upon this album on Noisetrade by Heath McNease that was inspired by the works of C.S. Lewis. I had never heard of McNease before but I downloaded the album and I love it. The last song, The Weight of Glory, had this line in it. “He who has God has nothing less than he who has God and everything else.”

Every time I hear that, it stops me. I need to hear that truth so badly! God is enough. With him alone are we satisfied. I can have money, success, love, spiritual gifts, etc. in addition to God but I’m no better off than if I only have God. He is absolutely sufficient.

Lately it’s been a struggle to believe that. For example, the week before last was ministry week at school. God did a lot of really cool stuff through Bethany students but to be completely honest, my week sucked. I didn’t see God move in exciting ways. I didn’t see anyone healed or come to Christ. I didn’t even get to pray with anyone. So when I heard other people’s cool God stories, I was jealous. I felt inadequate and useless. I felt like I was doing something wrong or I wasn’t as good as them or something. I realized even in the moment that those things were lies but I couldn’t see the truth. It felt like I was lacking something that everyone else had.

But one thing I learned from Royal Servants is that feelings should never be in control. If feelings are in control, the train of our life is going backwards and downhill. Rather, we need to let facts and then faith lead us.

The fact is that God is enough. I am not lacking anything because I have him. I who have God have nothing less than they who have God and everything else. Yes, it would be really nice to be successful in all the ministry I do. It would be nice to not have to work so hard to raise the money I need for Slovenia. It would be nice to speak in tongues or prophecy or have some amazing gift I could use to advance the kingdom. But those things aren’t necessary and I can be content without them.

 God alone is way more than I could ever need or hope for. He is the one who satisfies my desires with good things. He is the one who will bring me success and provide for my needs. His gifts are good but he has already given me his Spirit which is the best gift of all. There’s no need for me to be jealous because I have nothing less than anyone else.

“He who has God has nothing less than he who has God and everything else.”