Needs and Wants

We, as God’s children, should be confident in the fact that God will provide for all of our needs.

If that’s true, then what is a need?

Biological needs:

Breath in your lungs

A heart that pumps

Muscles to carry us

Neurons to ignite

Blood to flow

Physical needs:

Food

Clothing

Shelter

A means by which to receive these: employment to earn money to purchase them, the materials to make them, or through the generosity of another person.

Emotional needs:

God will give us a purpose in life. As we give him our attention, he will see inside of us, as he is our creator, and he will find the things that are important to us and use them to further his kingdom’s purpose. He will provide love, comfort, contentment, companionship, security, peace, joy, encouragement, affirmation and strength.

After knowing this, what is left that we need? Isn't it now a measure of how much we think we need? Can the person in extreme poverty receive the same as those who live in a mansion on the hill? To a child it was said that apples and diamonds are one and the same.

Our needs are met every day; it’s our wants that create our anxiety. It is the wanting more than our fair share that causes to envy or covet another person’s stature.

Our needs are not within our control, and while we were designed to have these needs met, our wants are fully within our control.

As we wake this day, let us thank God that our needs have been met. Let’s walk in the confidence he asks us to, when he says, “Fear not, for I will never leave you or forsake you.”

Yet let us be wise about our wants and keep our desires in check. Tamp down the urge to accumulate more only to feed the world’s standards and instead open our hearts to use these wants to meet the needs of those God puts in our paths.

One thing I know for sure: For me to live like this, I need God to help me along the way. How about you?

Let's start this New Year with our eyes and hearts fixed on God.

Just a thought …

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