I have a tendency to be selfish; I hate admitting that. This morning I was spending time on the patio – a time normally reserved for giving my thanks and praise to God and lifting up prayers for others. My mind began to wander and before I knew it, I was making a mental list of all the things I “need”. I kept physically shaking my head but my mind kept going back to it’s favourite subject ME. (Still shaking my head).
When the head shaking failed to accomplish what it was purposed for I decided to really analyze my list of needs. What I found, what I usually find, was a long list of wants. Every time I think about things I need they almost always turn out to simply be things I want but don’t really need.
In truth, I can honestly say that there is nothing I need. God always has a handle on those things. He’s always a step ahead of me and He always provides – often before the need becomes desperate, especially when I focus on the needs of others before my own desires.
Today, I just want to give thanks. Today I don’t want to feel that I need what I want. Today I want what I have and pray for what others need and don’t have.
“if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.” Isaiah 58:10-11.
