Basic Need

Basic Need

Bible:John 4:7-15

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My God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in
Christ Jesus (PHILIPPIANS 4:19).

From our first breath until our last, we only have a few crucial needs tostay alive. Without oxygen, we would be dead in minutes. We must have food and water. Our bodies need sleep when we’re tired. And in bad weather, we need a warm place to chill in. So, while we are needy, we don’t actually have that many real needs. But when it comes to our wants, we have loads! New smartphones, the latest online games, holidays abroad, a new relationship, to get more attention at school . . . All things that, if we’re not careful, quickly become needs as far as we’re concerned. But what about our other real needs we forget about? Like our need for Jesus every single day? And our need for God to guide us and teach us from the Bible? And our need for His peace, strength and comfort? When we feel like we’re missing something in life, we often turn to our wants and think: If only I had more of . . . But really we should be turning to our needs first and checking they are all being met. Jesus told one woman about the water He had that would become “a spring of water welling up into eternal life” (JOHN 4:14). He had what she truly needed—what Peter later called “the words of eternal life” (6:68). Have we been ignoring Jesus? “Man shall not live on bread alone” (LUKE 4:4). Have we been forgetting to put our need for God ahead of our wants? “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (MATTHEW 6:33).

WE HAVE ONE MAIN NEED: JESUS.

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