Where To Get All We Need

Here’s a message of hope for you: for those who place their trust in God, we have all we need.

When we stop long enough in our overly-busy lives to consider all we truly need, we discover the list is short. Our basic needs consist of shelter/security, water, and food.

According to the Bible, God’s Holy Word, all these things can be found in the LORD God, the maker of heaven and earth.

God is truly all we need. All our needs are fully met in Him.
Click To Tweet

All We Need – Shelter/Security

Shelter/security is one of the basic needs of all human life. Without shelter we are exposed to the scorching sun, brutal winds and temperatures, and wild animals or other humans who would do us harm. It’s comforting to me that God promises to be our secure shelter.

One of the stories in the Bible that most exemplifies God as our shelter is when He led the children of Israel through the wilderness. As a pillar of cloud by day, He sheltered His people from the heat of the desert sun. As a pillar of fire by night, He provided light and warmth.

The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms… (Deuteronomy 33:27a)

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. (John 15:4)

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty… (Psalm 91:1)

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1)

I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” (Psalm 91:2)

Thank You, Lord, for being our shelter and security.

All We Need – God is our shelter and security.
Click To Tweet

All We Need – Water

The human body is made up of 50-75% water, dependent upon gender and weight. A baby’s water percentage is even higher. Without water, we don’t exist. Even 1% water loss begins to affect the capacity of our organs.

Humans can only go about three days without water before they die.

How fitting then, that God through Jesus is our living water.

Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank. (Number 20:11)

and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:4)

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water. (Jeremiah 2:13)

But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. (John 4:14)

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” (John 7:37-38)

Thank You, Lord, for being the living water that quenches our thirst.

All We Need – God is the living water that quenches our thirst.
Click To Tweet

All We Need – Food

Most of us in America don’t know what it means to go hungry. We struggle to fathom how it feels to go to bed at night without food in our tummies or to have our stomachs swollen from hunger.

But around the world, hunger is a major concern for many.

How good it is to know that God and Jesus promise to be our food.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger… (John 6:35)

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” (Matthew 4:4)

Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal. (John 6:27)

I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. (Psalm 81:10)

Taste and see that the LORD is good… (Psalm 34:8)

He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them food from heaven. Man did eat the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. (Psalm 78:24-25)

Thank You, Lord, for being our daily bread and sustenance.

All We Need – God is our daily bread and sustenance.
Click To Tweet

All We Need – Conclusion

I am aware that all the verses above refer just as much to spiritual shelter, water and food as to our physical needs. But I truly believe that God provides all these things, a fact borne up in Psalm 23. This passage proves that God provides all we need as our Good Shepherd.

Thank You, Lord, for truly being all we need.

The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need. He lets me rest in fields of green grass and leads me to quiet pools of fresh water. He gives me new strength. He guides me in the right paths, as he has promised. Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your shepherd’s rod and staff protect me. You prepare a banquet for me, where all my enemies can see me; you welcome me as an honored guest and fill my cup to the brim. I know that your goodness and love will be with me all my life; and your house will be my home as long as I live. (Good News Translation)

All We Need – The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need.
Click To Tweet

Shout out your testimony of praise in the comments. How has God proved Himself to be all you truly need?

The post Where To Get All We Need appeared first on .