Dayenu.

This phrase is heard most often at Jewish passover meals, and it means this: It would have been enough.

“Had He brought us out of Egypt, it would have been enough.  Had He given us the Sabbath, it would have been enough.  Had he given us the law, it would have been enough,” they sing.  Had He come as a baby, it would have been enough.  Had He died on the cross, it would have been enough.  Had He risen again, it would have been enough.  Had He ascended into heaven, it would have been enough.  Had He sent His Spirit, it would have been enough.  Had He promised to come again, it would have been enough.

As much as I love this phrase, dayenu, I think as Christians we need a new phrase: HE IS enough.  It is enough that He came, He loved, He taught, He died, arms outstretched, taking my sins as His own.  But He didn’t stop there.  He rose again.  He ascended into heaven.  He sent us His spirit.  He promised to come again.  He is our Savior.  HE IS ENOUGH.

Is He enough for you?  In the middle of what you think is the darkest valley, the worst trial, the most difficult temptation – is He enough?  Is He enough in the days when you wonder if you can take another breath?  Is He enough in the moments when you watch the door, praying someone will walk through it?  Is He enough to calm your raging seas?  Is He enough to still the waters?  Is He enough that you’ll get out of the boat and walk towards Him?  Is He enough?

He is enough.  He has calmed the seas, stilled the waters.  And but one disciple had the courage to get out of the boat.  Peter stepped out on the water.  He wasn’t perfect – he stumbled, fell, denied Christ, sinned with the best of us.  But he had the courage to get out of the boat and reach for Him who is enough for us.  Will you get out of the boat?  He is enough for you, and He is waiting for you to step out of your security and your “safe” ground, your comfort zone.  The journey will be rocky, you’re going to feel like you’re sinking.  But you have to step out of the boat.  Because He is enough.