Our Wants - The Need
One of the Greatest challenges We face is Not
getting what We Want. As children,
at some point in our lives, there was something that We wanted that We did not
receive or couldn’t get at a particular time and as a result We cried, pouted,
bargained, bartered, begged or just worked (chores, good behavior) in order to
get it.
As adults, We ask for, work towards or just
sometimes have been rewarded w/ the things we want: which could seem like simple
math. If You want to see how determined You can become whether it good or bad, start wanting something. We
can budget, adjust, sacrifice, give, believe, change and so much more for
whatever it is We Want.
So, if God wants our attention, what better way
to get it, than to tamper w/ what We
want? To be clear, not every want is an object. Some wants are simple (a
few extra minutes of sleep), some are moderate (wanting that little gas to get
us to our destination) and some are serious (jobs, family, health, shelter).
What happens when God takes what We want or How We want to do something
and plugs it up: stopping the movement of it in a particular direction or sifts
it out in ways and places We didn’t have planned?
Let’s say, we have a situation where we are
allowed to carry out our creative ideas or express our love and change happens.
A lot of times We revert back to Our start and repeat the behavior We did in
our childhood and/or if We are Christians, w/ certain backgrounds, We name it
and claim it and if there be any struggle, We label it a force coming against
us. But what if God allowed that original thing that We wanted, to be something that would ignite, open, expand,
enhance, develop and fill us for something that would benefit someone else?
Think of the time when everything seemed to be
good, in place or ready to go and all of a sudden BOOM! All of the movement changed
or stopped. What did You do? How did You react? What did You say? Not that
anyone’s answer is wrong because Your answer is Your truth but what did You do
w/ what was left? What did You do w/ that momentum, that vision/desire, that lesson/information
or those relationships? Was it/is it abandoned all together or might You
consider it being water for a Greater thirst?
Just because it doesn’t serve where or how We want, when We want or w/ whom We want,
doesn’t mean there wasn’t an Original
Plan For it. So, if the person You’ve
loved changes/passes away or the position You’re desiring is filled by another
or the day You’ve planned for/dreamed of is trumped w/ storm, tragedy or just
hasn’t arrived like You thought: Don’t Abandon and Don’t W/hold that which was
developed w/in and through that situation but be willing to give it according
to The Need God purposed it for. Remember:
Circumstances often aide in creating a flow (practice) but they are not
designed to be the vessels that confine and define the function of the flow. Luke
6
