There are a lot of things I want (the list below is a very small sample).
- If I make something, I want it to fulfill its purpose.
- If I study something, I want it to enlighten me.
- If I teach something, I want it to be learned.
- If I believe something, I want it to be true.
- If I repair something, I want it to function.
- If I lack something, I want it to be mine.
- If I build something, I want it to stand.
- If I want something, I want it!
And just because I (or anybody else) want something, that doesn’t make it good, or right, or glorifying to God. God’s Word and Spirit help us to understand who God is, what He does, and what He wants for us. And because of Jesus Christ, I can have what God wants for me.
He wants to Provide for me.
God’s Riches
Our Heavenly Father is a provider. He provides for His creation. Although we may be in dire circumstances, His provision is perfect, His timing is just right, and His intentions are good. Some things we just won’t fully understand until we are in Heaven with Him. The greatest thing God has provided is a way for us to be reconciled to Him through Jesus Christ.
- Matthew 6:25-30 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
He wants to Protect me.
God’s Refuge
Our Heavenly Father is a protector. He has the desire and power to defend us. Even if lose our lives, His protection is perfect, His timing is just right, and His intentions are good. Some things we just won’t fully understand until we are in Heaven with Him. The shed blood of Jesus Christ protects us from eternal separation from God when we surrender our entire lives to Him.
- Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Romans 14:4 Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
He wants to Prepare me.
God’s Requirements
Our Heavenly Father is a preparer. Through His Word, His Spirit and His church, we are prepared for any assignment, battle or task. His preparations are perfect, His timing is just right, and His intentions are good. Some things we just won’t fully understand until we are in Heaven with Him. When we build our lives on Jesus’ teachings, we will not fall.
- Matthew 7:24-27 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 27 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
He wants to Position me.
God’s Rule
Our Heavenly Father is a positioner. He puts us in the right place at the right time. Even if we think we are completely out of place, His placement is perfect, His timing is just right, and His intentions are good. Some things we just won’t fully understand until we are in Heaven with Him. In Christ, we are righteous in our position before God.
- Psalm 127:1-2 Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep.
- 1 Samuel 2:7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
He wants to Perfect me.
God’s Rest
Our Heavenly Father is a perfecter. He causes and/or allows the trials of life because they act as a fiery furnace to rid us of impurities. Even when our worries distract, overwhelm, or disable us, His process is perfect, His timing is just right, and His intentions are good. Some things we just won’t fully understand until we are in Heaven with Him. Jesus Christ is our way to perfect and permanent peace.
- Matthew 6:31-34 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Perhaps I am not being direct enough.
God is perfect.
His timing is just right.
His intentions are good.
He wants us!
Some things
we just won’t fully
understand until we are
in Heaven with Him!
I don’t want 'it'.
I want Him!
Prayer
Father, please help Your children want what You want. Help us to want You. I pray this in the name of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen
