It Is Enough

 

How often we have said,

It is enough

During one of those occasions

When life was too tough!

 

There and then we decided

Something must be done

And we took a course of action

To end such a run.

 

Life can be so overwhelming

Some want to end it all,

And I’m sure you knew someone

That took the suicidal fall.

 

It is enough

They decided right back then,

They took the plunge

And that was the end.

 

Some even at this moment

Contemplate this course,

For them, it is enough,

It could not be worse.

 

But I have news for them

And every single reader,

There is someone who came

To provide life’s answer.

 

A songwriter reflected this

With the words “It Is Enough”,

We can stand firm in Jesus

When the going gets tough.

 

“I need no other argument

I need no other plea,

It is enough that Jesus died

And that he died for me.”

 

A hymn of reassurance

Midst myriad challenges of life,

An affirmation of redeeming grace

In the Saviour’s sacrifice.

 

“I need no other argument

I need no other plea,

It is enough that Jesus died

And that he died for me.”

 

It may be negative or positive

When we cry, “It is Enough!”

But which one will you hold to

When the going gets tough?

 

When those accusing fingers

Point to the guilt in us,

“It is enough,” we will respond,

With our faith in Jesus.

 

When people demand of us

Even our sweat and blood,

“It is enough,” we will affirm,

In Jesus is our good.

 

For Jesus paid the price

That a Holy God demands,

And in Christ alone “It is enough”

It we hold on to his hand.

It is enough

May be a cry of desperation

Or in positive contrast,

A song of salvation.

 

Stewart Russell © November 28, 2021