Needs and Wants

Coming quietly to the still waters to find strength and peace, I could not help but share my burden with one who could carry my load much better than I.  As I sit and listen amidst this beautiful artistry picture in my mind of a babbling brook, the rustling leaves amidst a warm spring day, and the birds singing beautiful music my mind wonders to the place of how God uses these things he created to meet needs and wants.

In my reflection I am reminded of Philippians 4:19 which says, "And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus."(NIV)   He said ALL my needs.  Then I am reminded of Psalm 37:4 where he says, "Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart." (NIV)  

Sitting amongst the picture I have created full of color and wonderful sounds, I could not help but reflect on the needs and wants of my life right now and how he so meticulously brought so many things together to supply our needs as well as our wants.  Those wants, when I once sit back to appreciate the bigger picture, bring music to a trouble heart.

Yes, my needs may seem big and garbled and my wants maybe out of context amidst the distractions of life, but he promises that when I trust and seek him and come to the quiet waters he will meet not just my needs but my desires.  It is there that I have come to find the real desires of my heart, in the picture that he so beautifully painted.