DESPERATE TIMES

DESPERATE TIMES There is a time where we have to realize the difference between need, and want. We all want things. We don’t need them but we want them. Out with the old in with the new, right? Why fix something if it isn’t broken? In times of desperation, we have to think of the things we have and remember that there are things we need before we can have the things we want. I hear my friends talk about how they want to have a boyfriend/girlfriend all the time. I mean, I would like that too. But am I ready for it? Is it something I truly need in this season of my life? You would have the things you wanted if God thought it was what you needed. Huh? Yeah you may want a relationship but it’s not what God says you need. If you God thought you could handle that new job now he would give it to you. He has greater things on his mind than new boots for fall. He’s thinking about your future needs too. Sometimes God puts you through things to see what wants you can handle. That relationship didn’t work out because God is protecting you from what could’ve happened if you got what you wanted. Instead he’s thinking of what you need in a future spouse. When’s the last time you thanked God for the simple needs in your life and not asked him why he didn’t give you the things you want? I know, pretty recent for me too. It’s easy to get carried away at desperate times. We go into a mind of survival in this world. But will you survive in the end? The things of this world may be able to give you what you want, but can it give you what you need? Skipping church once or twice for a school thing isn’t what you need. Wearing those pants once thinking it won’t hurt you because you have a good relationship with God isn’t what you need. Because next thing you know you keep doing what you want and taking what you want and in the end it won’t be what you need to survive. You can’t use alcohol to put out a fire. You may want to have another drink but it’s not what you need. God will provide when you are faithful to him. Think about what you need in your relationship with God before you think about what you want in it. No relationship is perfect. But with God, we can get what we need to get through these desperate times.