Need Him!

My husband and I have a long standing argument. Here’s what’s going on. When I’m sick, I don’t want to be fussed over. I would assume to be just left alone. Let me crawl into bed and I’ll sleep it off until I feel better. I don’t need anything. I don’t want anyone fussing over me. I even hate going to the doctors. I’ll only go if I’m in so much pain, I can’t take it anymore.

Here’s the argument: my hubby wants me to need him when I’m sick. He wants to fuss over me. But that’s not in my nature. That’s not how I roll. Maybe, because I was raised in Alaska, we learn to be self sufficient. I don’t know, but it’s not how I’m wired. The hubby insists I should need him when I’m sick. But I don’t.

God wants us to need Him too. He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. He speaks and even the wind and seas obey Him. Because of His love for us, He died on the cross for our sins. He paid the penalty for our sins. The Creator of the universe wants us to need Him.

Sometimes I wonder, why can’t life just be perfect: no problems, nothing to worry about. But if my life was perfect I wouldn’t need God. To be really honest, I would just ignore Him, if I didn’t need to pray everyday for some kind of need I had. I know it’s true for you too. A perfect life, and we would grow complacent. When there is no need, there’s no focus on the One who can satisfy that need.

God tells us in His word to hook ourselves to Him. “Take my yolk upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart.” Matthew 11:29

God tells us to taste. “Oh taste and see that the Lord is good: Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.” Psalms 34:8

He declares Himself to be the vine, and we are the branches. If ever something is hooked into something else, it would be branches on a vine. The branches couldn’t exist without the vine. The vine is vital to the branches survival. “I am the vine: you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in Him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5

That’s the picture God gives us of our lives with Him. He can answer our prayers. He is bigger than any of our problems. He can satisfy our needs. He is bigger than any needs we might have.

Take a lesson from me and my husband, learn to need God. Lean into Him. He asks you to. Rely on Him. Together, you can move mountains.

The Christian life is all about learning to lean on God. To be in communication with Him, even for the seemingly little things in life. Pray to Him for the big problems too. All of it. God wants all of it. Nothing is too insignificant and nothing it too big. Give it all to Him.