We didn’t have much when I was growing up. Dad sold some corn at rock-bottom prices one December so we could have a meager Christmas. Mom stretched the food dollar as far as she could, supplementing her limited budget with garden-fresh produce in the summer and canned meats, fruits, and veggies in the winter. Chocolate chip cookies and one-scoop banana splits were rare luxuries. But I never felt deprived. We had enough.
I don’t have much now, either. I haven’t won the lottery. I am not (yet) a world-famous published author of renown. I haven’t saved the world from hunger as I planned to do when I was a teenager. I don’t know that I’ve made a difference in the grand scheme of things. But I have enough.
You know how sometimes you think you just need something new to perk you up? You buy something, but it doesn’t satisfy for long. It’s just another thing. At times like these, what we really may be longing for is closeness with someone, a view of fluffy white clouds startlingly lined with vibrant pink, contact with a long-lost friend, or quiet moments with our God. These give us the “filling-up” of our souls that we are really seeking.
It’s oft-times surprising how little we need and yet we always seem to be accumulating “stuff.” I have food, I have water, I have shelter, I have transportation. Most importantly, I have friends, I have family, I have freedom, I have my Lord Jesus Christ. What more do I really need?
God promised that he would always supply our needs. He says, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” That promise is limitless. WHATEVER we need, we have only to ask our heavenly Father. In 1 John 3:21 we read, “Dear friends . . . we have confidence before God and receive from him ANYTHING we ask….”
How often have you heard someone say, “God will provide.” Do we take it literally? We need to. God WILL provide all that we need. And his greatest promise to us is to supply everlasting life with him. In 1 John 2:25, we read, “And this is what he promised us – even eternal life.” In Christ, I want for nothing.
“ . . . Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” Matthew 6:8b
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