WHAT WE NEED WHEN WE NEED IT – Part 2 of 2

Remember the Lord’s Prayer? “Give us this day our daily bread.” (Matthew 6:11)

What we really wish is that it said weekly or monthly or yearly bread. That way we wouldn’t have to depend on God on a daily basis! But that’s when God has us right where He wants us. Spiritual maturity is not self-sufficiency. In fact, our desire for self-sufficiency is a subtle expression of our sinful nature. It’s a desire to get to a place where we don’t need God. We want God to provide more so we need Him less…

Everyone wants a miracle, but no one wants to be in a situation that necessitates one. But you cannot have one without the other. So God gracefully puts us in situations where enough isn’t enough. We find ourselves in a situation where we need to feed 20,000 people and we have two fish to our name.

-- Mark Batterson in “The Grave Robber: How Jesus Can Make Your Impossible Possible” 

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