Yes, and No.
Yes, for His work on the Cross was a complete work. He has given us all we need to live this life in Him and live it abundantly. He has given us authority over all power of the enemy. Does this mean only a little bit of power to live our life? No, He says authority over ALL power of the enemy!(Luke 10:19 NLT) Additionally, He now sits at the right hand of the Father ever interceding for us. So, yes, we have all of the Godhead living in us when we are born again, and then the fullness of the Godhead in completeness when we are Baptized in the Holy Spirit. The scripture tells us that He gives us the Holy Spirit with power to be witnesses of Him to the world. So yes, we have exactly what we need of God in ALL His fullness, so we can have enough.
But what about the renewing of our minds? Are we then perfect for we have Him in fullness, since He is Holy, and perfect. No, for we are to be sanctified daily, pressing towards the mark of the prize of the High Calling in Christ Jesus. Yes, we may continue to sin, and fall short but He is faithful and just to forgive us. We are no longer "sinner's" for we have been born again, but are new creatures in Him, His Ambassadors, Kings and Priests unto Him, His brothers, sisters, friends. Although we have His power and are His vessels, our walk and cry for Him is a daily walk. One of daily feeding on His Word for Him to wash us, to grow us, to teach us, to draw us near. As we seek to put Him first in our lives, seeking to be like Him, He adds all things to us, life in fullness. So, no, we can't ever have enough of God, for we must press in to Him to know Him more, to hunger and thirst for Him like no other, to be desperately in love with Him... to be yielded for Him to fill us.
In all things, He has provided for us... even in our search for Him. He tells us to seek Him and we will find Him. He tells us to abide in Him, and He will abide in us. There is great peace in the fact that we don't have to strive to become like Him, but simply be a yielded teachable vessel... for it is His job to grow us. He is the Author and Perfecter of our Faith. As we look to Him in all things, He will brings us to Himself and fulfill His purpose and plan for our life. Hebrews 12:1-2
Praising God "for as a deer pants for the water, so does my soul pant after thee!"
Oh, Father, we cry for more of you!!! More of you in our lives!!!
Psalm 42:1-8 (New King James Version)
1 As the deer pants for the water brooks,So pants my soul for You, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?[b]
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
“Where is your God?”
4 When I remember these things,
I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
For the help of His countenance.[c]
6 O my God,[d] my soul is cast down within me;
Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan,
And from the heights of Hermon,
From the Hill Mizar.
7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
All Your waves and billows have gone over me.
8 The LORD will command His loving kindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song shall be with me—
A prayer to the God of my life.
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