You know how during the day you will suddenly be reminded of those things you are working toward and believe you need? Almost instantly they turn to burdens. “I need that job” or “I need that relationship” or “I need that position” or “I need that house.” Or maybe they are various anxieties you wish to forget.. “What if this, what if that?” Or even regrets.. “I wish this, I wish that..”
I have been reminded that what I need most in those moments is not for those things to happen, but to pray for what I need. The life of a Christian should be a simple life, because there is One who holds all things together so we don’t have to, “for your Father knows what you need before you ask him” (Matt. 6:8).
In bringing every need before God, we not only have the best chance of our needs being met, but we will come to depend on Him which is the greatest need a human soul will ever experience.
Much of the time, we are truly seeking to experience love, joy, peace, or hope, which the Spirit of God brings sometimes through circumstances, and sometimes despite them. Whatever the case, He is the Giver of every gift, the source of all the goodness of life, and He knows what we need better than we do.
‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His Word…
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace.’
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