What We Need 

   “God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want.” – C. S. Lewis 

   God knows us and has known us since before time began.  He, far better that we, knows what we need.  If we trust in Him and seek what He wishes to give, we will be blessed by His love and generosity.

   Too many times I think people look to God as they would an ATM machine; insert prayer and receive what was asked for.  It doesn’t work like that, nor should it.  Our desires are often of a worldly nature, skewed and confused by an evil society that seeks only self-gratification.  Often what we think we need would be harmful to us and God wants to give us only what builds us up.

   The martyrs didn’t pray that God would save their lives but that He would give them the strength to endure their fate.  Most died in peace, confident of their place in God’s kingdom.  In many cases the calmness they knew, even asking for God’s forgiveness for those torturing them, converted many to Christianity.  They didn’t pray for an end to the pain and suffering but rather for the strength to offer it to God.

   God knows what we need, and He wants to provide it.  But we must turn from what we think we need and seek what He knows we need.