All I Need Is You, Lord

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

And see if there be any hurtful way in me,

And lead me in the everlasting way.

-Psalm 139:23-24

I learned a worship song yesterday with a simple lyric: All I need is You, Lord. My mind initially rejected that as a trite and religious phrase, and thoughts of past due bills and unfinished work came to mind. Those were anxious thoughts. I knew they were wrong. God reminded me in that moment of a lyric from another song: All you need is love. The knowledge that God IS love broke through my mind and pushed those anxious thoughts out! In my mind I started changing the word love to whatever it was that I needed. All I need is wisdom. God IS wisdom. All I need is financial provision. God IS financial provision. All I need is grace. God IS grace. All I need is... God broke through my anxious thoughts and revealed Himself to me in a beautiful, real way that I needed so desperately. All I need is God.If you’ve been in church for any amount of time you’ve probably heard someone say, “God is my provider.” I submit to you that God is more than that. God is the provision. God doesn’t just give me what I need, He is what I need. If I have NOTHING ELSE except God, I can't lose. If I have EVERYTHING except God, I am miserable.

When you hear, all I need is God, you may have thoughts that sound responsible but are really anxious. I did. Is your immediate reaction, "I NEED to pay my mortgage, I NEED to keep my job, I NEED a better job, I NEED a husband, I NEED kids that respect me..."? If similar thoughts are going through your mind, imagine what life would be like with those things and no God: children that respect you, but who don't know or love God; finally married to a person who only cares about worldly things; abundant finances, but no God. God really is all you need.

• Lord, this person is on my last nerve and I need help to love them!
  Provision - 1 Peter 4:8
• Lord, I had a messed up childhood and I don’t want to pass that on to my kids!
  Provision- 2 Corinthians 12:9
• Lord, I want kids!
  Provision - Exodus 23:26
• Lord, I feel like my window of opportunity for greatness has passed!
  Provision - Joshua 14:6-12
• Lord, my body is broken!
  Provision - Exodus 15:26
• Lord, my bills are past due!
  Provision - Matthew 6:27-33
• Lord, I’m not sure of which road to take
  Provision - Romans 8:14
• Lord, HELP!
  Provision - Psalm 57:1-5

I don’t care what you are facing! God is provision. When Moses said, “Who should I say sent me?” God answered: I AM. God never changes. He still is I AM. Following blogs will dig deeper into what God has revealed of Himself in His word. I need it! I purpose to renew my mind about His greatness and faithfulness. Hopefully it will help you as well. All we need is You, Lord!