“A Message Every Christian Needs to Hear”

We live in a culture that pushes us to strive for more of everything – material possessions, money, power, fame – but how much is enough? That is the question this book addresses from a Biblical perspective. It’s not only about discerning what is enough, but also what our responsibility is to those who don’t have enough when we have more than we need.

I loved the message of this book because it isn’t implying that poverty, voluntary or otherwise, is Biblical but rather promotes setting boundaries against the pursuit of material excess so that we can instead pursue spiritual abundance.

The book is divided into five sections with each containing chapters relating to the topics. The sections include Enough is Enough, More Than Enough, Less Than Enough, Moving Toward Enough, and Less is More.

Although I don’t think the author is suggesting that we literally give away all we own, the message does suggest that we come to a mindset of being willing to give up anything the Lord requires so that those things don’t become a hindrance to our faith. As Davis puts it, “the more you try to pursue God and carry your riches along with you, the more cumbersome your stuff will become.”

Davis also makes the case that when we have more than enough we come to depend on material things more than God’s provision. He writes, “As long as we have wealth, resources, connections, and earthly power at our disposal, we’ll be tempted to rely on those things instead of God. That’s why God often strips us down to almost nothing – to having a mere shepherd’s staff – before he uses us. When we’re empty-handed we have nothing to rely on but his power. And that’s when he does his best work through us.”

The message of this book is much needed in our culture of excess and the pursuit of wealth, and is delivered in a way that encourages change. Rather than coming away from it feeling guilty, I was motivated to do things differently in order to define what “enough” means for my family. I was encouraged to find ways to share my “more than enough” while relying more on the Lord to provide in my “less than enough”.

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