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"I need... I want..."

Filed Under:  Thought for the Week   —   5th Feb, 2012

“My God shall supply all your wants according to his riches in Christ Jesus!”

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.  
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends.
So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

So, did you notice the misquote?  Like many of us, Janis Joplin didn’t and she goes on in her song to ask the Lord for a color TV and a night on the town in addition to the Mercedes Benz.

In my lifetime I have come across a few folk who have thought God should give them exactly what they want.  One was so obsessed with his own wants that he could not even bear to discuss the needs of his best friend without objecting by crying “What about ME!”  And one girl even told me that she really, really hated God because he wouldn’t give her a boyfriend.

Now most of us aren’t all that extreme but if we look hard enough we might find just a little of Janis Joplin inside of us all.

So, what should we expect from God and the church?  Well, here’s the correct quotation... “My God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in Christ Jesus!” Phil 4:19  Self explanatory I reckon.  

So, what does God expect from us?  To pattern ourselves on Jesus example and do the will of God seems to be the gist of the New Testament message.  And as we do this, God promises to meet our needs.  Anyway, this is what the Philippians were doing when Paul wrote this promise to them.

So, what is the call of God on your life?  Is it to be an active part of the Body of Christ at HBC in building God’s kingdom?  Or will you be content to just receive?   

There is a huge challenge ahead of us to plant Highland Reserve and unify a new multi-site church; a challenge that we will only realize if we all individually commit to taking our place in the Body of Christ, following Jesus and seeking to deliberately do God’s will.  And then, will God meet our needs?  Well He’s promised to.

Glenn