"God always gives us what we need, even if it's not what we want."- Wesleyne
Word of the Day
"Before they call, I will answer. While they are still speaking, I will hear." - Isaiah 65:24
In Isaiah 65:24, we see God's promise to answer our prayers even before we call upon Him. This assurance highlights the importance of faith, knowing that God hears and provides for our needs.
Often, we confuse our needs with our wants. Needs, like food, shelter, and employment, are essentials that God promises to fulfill. Wants, on the other hand, are desires that may not align with His plan for us. While God may not always grant our wants, He always meets our needs.
Gratitude for God's provision helps us discern between our needs and wants. By acknowledging His daily blessings, we build trust and reduce anxiety. Surrendering our worries to God allows us to trust in His timing and plan, knowing that He will provide abundantly.
Takeaways
Trust in God's provision, even in times of defeat.
Recognize the difference between needs and wants, and trust that God provides for both.
Fully surrender to God's plan and trust in His provision.
Continually release worries and anxieties to God, trusting in His faithfulness.
Chapters
00:00: Finding trust in God's provision during challenging times.
00:58: Understanding the difference between needs and wants, and trusting in God's provision.
03:18: Surrendering control of God's plan and trusting in His provision.
05:11: Continually releasing worries and anxieties to God, trusting in His faithfulness.
What questions are you struggling to answer? Wesleyne would love to answer these questions for you personally. Send any questions or prayer requests to hello@askwesleyne.com
Before they call, I will answer. While they are still speaking, I will hear. Isaiah 65 verses 24.
Wesleyne (:
Oftentimes when we pray, we have to have the faith to believe that God is listening to us, that he hears the desires of our heart. And what we see in this verse is when we call to him, he will answer. And what's important for us to know,
God will always give us what we need. Sometimes he doesn't give us what we want because he has so much better in store for us. We may be praying for a need, a real need is I have to pay my mortgage this month. I have to buy clothes. I have to have a job to pay my bills.
Those are all needs. God will always fulfill our needs. But a want is, I want a house that's double the size that I have. I want to be a VP of operations at a company. Those are wants. And sometimes God gives us our wants. But sometimes we don't get the things that we want.
And because we don't get them in the time that we desire them, we lose our faith. But we have to remember those surprise blessings, those things that just happen randomly. That's God saying, I want to give you immeasurably more than you ask, think, or imagine.
But in order to do this, we have to surrender and we have to realize all of the things that God has already done for us, all of the needs that he is supplying for us. I want you to take a moment and think about what needs do you have that God has already supplied?
Wesleyne (:
Every time you swipe your debit card or your credit card, there's money there. You don't have to think about it. When you open your fridge, there's food in there. When you pull up at your job, you know that every two weeks you're going to get a paycheck.
When you look at your spouse, you're like, I have the person that I need in this moment.
Wesleyne (:
And so if we are thankful, if we are trusting and we say, God, I trust you to meet my every need. I trust you to take care of me, to give me the needs, the things that I need to get through each and every day, each and every week, each and every month. I trust you completely and fully.
I know that my cup will never run empty because you are the ultimate provider.
Wesleyne (:
And when we do that, we will be able to discern between our needs and our wants.
And if we are thankful each and every day for God our provider, Jehovah Raphael.
Wesleyne (:
If we are grateful and thankful for what he has done, he will soon open our eyes for us to understand our wants and not get down on him not providing for our wants, but realizing that he has something better in store for us. He has exactly what we need. But he said, that's not good enough.
You want a house that's double the size? How about I give you a house that's double the size and I cut your mortgage in half. You pay less than what you're paying now for a house that's two times bigger. How about instead of me giving you the spouse that you want, I heal your heart.
heart enough that you can receive the person that I send you so you can appreciate them. Remember, God gives us immeasurably more than we can ever ask, think or imagine. So today, thank him for your needs, the needs that he has supplied, the needs that he has continued to supply for you and release your
heaviness towards it release your anxiety release your stress and thinking about God providing for your needs because he will always Give you what you need and now those wants I want you to pray and ask God for discernment to help you understand what is a need versus what is a want and Those wants I want you to take them to God
and say, Lord, I've been praying over this for a long time and you haven't opened this door. You haven't blessed me with this thing. So this may be a want and I'm giving it to you. I'm going to keep praying over it, but I'm going to trust that as you provide for me daily, as you provide that I have food to eat and water to drink, you are going to give me a measurably more than I can ask, think or imagine. Today, walk.
Wesleyne (:
in your immeasurably more. Believe in your immeasurably more. Hold your immeasurably more in your heart. In your holy, oops, no, I'm not even praying. Hold it in your heart. Let us pray.
Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you and we love you. Today allow us to trust and obey your word. Allow us to trust that our needs will be satisfied every single day. Allow us to have the discernment to understand the difference between our needs and our wants. Be with us today as you have been with us every single day that we have been on this earth. We love you, Jesus.
