Daily Journal: 10 August

Need and Supply

What is need?

Circumstances in which something is necessary; a necessity

What is supply?

An amount of something supplied or available for use

DEFINITIONS FROM OXFORD LANGUAGES

Philippians 4:19 (AMP)

And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

My need isn’t my desire for something, it’s something that’s necessary. God will liberally supply all that I need of my need. His riches in glory are endless and will benefit me to the full.

Matthew 6:8 (NIV)

your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

I need to ask, to bring my needs to Him, because He wants to have that kind of relationship with me, where I trust Him to supply for me. I rely on Him when I ask because I know He doesn't want me to be in lack.

Matthew 7:7-8 (NLT)

“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Ask and keep on asking. I want to be persistent in my desire to keep looking to Him to fulfil my every need as it arises.

Today as I read this passage, I consider this: When I ask for something that I need, God will give it if it's good for me. If I need something else, ask for that too (ask again). Do I have multiple needs? Ask, and keep on asking for God to fulfil all of them. It's about plurality.

God isn't a God who holds out on us and demands us to beg. God hears us the first time we ask for what we need. After that, we can thank Him for hearing us (Matthew 14:19; Luke 9:16).

We can make multiple requests because we have multiple needs. Keep on asking for God to supply all of our needs, liberally. Knock when we have a need and knock again every time we have another need. Seek Him for whether the request is good for us. If it is, He has the provision and we will find it readily available to us.

James 4:2 (NLT)

Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.

This verse needs to be read in context of the covetous attitude James was discussing in this chapter. We aren’t to let possessions become a contentious issue of jealousy with others. He wants us to go to Him, not others, to ask for things for valid reasons. He makes available whatever we need and does not withhold His hand or His heart from us.

2 Corinthians 9:10 (TLB)

For God, who gives seed to the farmer to plant, and later on good crops to harvest and eat, will give you more and more seed to plant and will make it grow so that you can give away more and more fruit from your harvest.

God isn’t a God who has his hands behind His back, saying, “which hand?” when we ask Him for something. It isn't as though, if we pick the wrong hand we have to keep asking until we guess the correct hand. No. He is a good Father and He wants us to run to Him knowing He has both hands outstretched towards us, full of what we need.