NEEDS NOT WANTS
Exodus 16

What the Lord wants for you is to meet your needs. When a believer begins to seek after wants, such a believer will definitely end up being in want always. The Psalmist confessed that, “The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1). All of the wanting zone is a dangerous zone for any believer who wants to avoid temptation. During the wilderness journey, the children of Israel wanted what they left behind in Egypt instead of trusting God to meet their needs. This eventually led them into a death trap. The death trap was rooted in complaint that eventually led to doubt and lack of trust in the One who brought them out of the bondage of over four hundred years. The children of Israel’s remembrance of what they were eating in Egypt (fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic – Numbers 11:5) was a clear demonstration of the fact that their wants were overriding the Lord’s provision of their need for the journey. Are you placing more focus on what you want more than how the Lord has been providing for your needs? In the case of the children of Israel, wanting what was not at hand landed them into a state of complaining. Complaining, which is an act of rebellion, is an every journey-terminator from getting to the Promised Land. God’s provision is always on time and is always meeting needs. Paul, the apostle, confirmed it when he prayed in Philippians 4:19, “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” After their desire for a pot of meat and bread, God provided for the needs of the children of Israel. In God’s provision for them, God gave instruction to make them have enough according to their need. “…Let every man gather it according to each one’s need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.” (Exodus 16:16)  Despite God’s instruction that was enough for meeting needs, some went above and beyond God’s instruction by taking more than needed. As a result of not following instruction, all the children who took more lost all that was taken (Exodus 16:18-21). The children of Israel were lost in their desire for wants and they could not recognize when their needs were enough. God is a faithful God. Are you experiencing a wilderness journey? Rest assured that God will not fail in supplying your needs. God is interested in meeting your needs if you will allow your want to rest for now until you get to the Promised Land. It is all about needs and the Lord God Almighty has everything we need.

Prayer for today: Ask God to keep you and deliver you from the spirit that makes man to fail and not recognize the provision of God.