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Wednesday... We have so many. Yes we do.


Wednesday... We have so many. Yes we do. 

We wake up each morning it seems with so many needs. Yes we do and they are so heavy.

What is your greatest need today? What has you weighed down? 

I was reading in Psalm 24 this morning. I started with three different translations and then read this in the Amplified Version. Verse 6 says, "This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need, who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob." And the phrase "who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need" got my attention. Now what a difference in our day would it be if our greatest need was God? Now we don't usually realize it but that is so true. He supersedes all of our needs. Yes he does.

If and when I realize that then all of the other needs fall into place. Do you see that?

Now take one of your needs that is weighing heavily on you. If that was taken care of would all of the other needs also be taken care of? Now food is a good thing to have but does it take care of your bills getting paid? Oh it makes you feel better and your mind starts working better and you get ideas on how to handle all your other needs but it isn't the source of taking care of all of your needs.

Let's say you get a raise. You believe that is your greatest need. If you just had a little bit more it would take care of all your problems and it would make such a difference but at some point you would get use to it and probably start spending it all and then you would have a need for more.

"This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need, who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob." It really does seem that we have gotten away from this being true. What we really need is the right president in office. That will take care of all of my needs. But is that true?

What if we got back to being a generation who diligently sought God and see him as their greatest need? What difference would that make? A man or woman is not going to take care of our needs. God can use them but we need God. He is our greatest need. We don't realize it but it is true. It really is.

Look at verses 3-6 in the New Living Translation. It says, "Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? Only those whose hands and hearts are pure. who do not worship idols and never tell lies. They will receive the Lord's blessing and have a right relationship with God their savior. Such people may seek you and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob."

And then verses 5-6 in The Message Paraphrase says it this way, "God is at their side; with God's help they make it. This, Jacob, is what happens to God-seekers, God questers." God is our greatest need. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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