166 GOD’S NEEDS
166 GOD’S NEEDS
Psa 14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
Everyone has a need. [And, most of us have more than one.] Those of us that have found God and know Him to be real have been taking our need to Him for as long as we have known Him and He has heard our prayers and answered them.
Our need have ranged from financial, martial, children, safety and protection. We get a fear or worry and we complain to God and ask Him to help or remove what we are afraid of. Being God, sometimes He removes our fears and sometimes He gives us strength to face them; but He is always there waiting and willing to help.
Those that don’t believe in God must face their fears alone and accept whatever happens to them, alone; whether they want it to happen or not. There is no comfort for them except that what their friends will and can give.
We have already decided that we have many needs; some we can handle and many others that we cannot but, what about God’s needs?
Don’t look at me like that! Just because He is God does not mean that He has everything that He wants.
He has made us for a reason. We are not just a whim that He thought about one day.
Those that think that He made us to fall on our faces once in a while and shout praises before Him just to puff up His ego are sadly mistaken. He created all kinds of creatures and beings that inhabit His heavens to do that for Him.
We are made in God’s image and still we need a pat on the back once in a while. We need to be told we are important and are valuable to someone. It makes us feel good. We have gotten to the point where we accept praise from every direction and bask in it knowing that those giving it are just after our money and care nothing for us.
This is where God is with all those creatures that He has made and that worship Him in heaven and here on earth. They were made to do this and do it fearfully because God could do some terrible things to them if they don’t.
That is NOT what God wants.
God has tried to satisfy His needs with His creations but has found out that by forcing everything to work the way He wants it to, does not make Him happy.
So, what does make God happy? Fulfilling our every want and demand?
No; that would make us gods and God our servant. God would be looking out for our needs at His expense.
So, why all this going to church, reading our bibles and praying; and then there’s all those rules and laws that He expects us to obey? Does God need us to run around and worry about every little detail in His word?
No; He can get someone else to do that.
God needs us to want Him, just the way He is and not for what He can do or give to us.
This makes Him happy. God needs to feel wanted and happy. He needs friends that care about how He feels and about what will make Him happy.
He wants these friends to do all those things He has asked them to because we want to make Him happy, not to get something from Him.
God has placed these needs in His life so that we could prove to Him that we love Him and that we care about His happiness. You see, He needs us to care about Him as much as we need Him to care about us.
