God's Desires

If you need wisdom,

 ask our generous God, 

and he will give it to you. 

He will not rebuke you for asking.

 But when you ask him,

 be sure that your faith is in God alone.

 James 1:5,6

God has certain desires for his children. He wants to see us happy and fulfilled.  He wants us to prosper.  He wants us to experience his peace and rest.  He doesn't want us to be worried, harassed and frantic. He wants us to experience a sense of calm and security.

There are many things that try to rob us of these gifts. Sometimes, the stresses and strains of life cause us to look for relief in the wrong places, places that can never satisfy.  If we have a need, we should come to our generous God and ask.  He is the one who can give us all that we lack.  He wants us to come.  He wants us to ask.  He wants us to rest.  It is his joy, his good pleasure, to supply all of our needs.

What are you concerned about today?  Tell God about it.  He cares about you. He wants all of your needs to be supplied. He is not surprised by anything that has happened to you.  Put it into his hands and rest it there.

In God there is no hunger that needs to be filled,

 only plenteousness that desires to give.*

*C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.195, Simon and Schuster ppl