Meeting It!

I was recently talking with an individual who has done some foreign traveling. In the course of our conversation she mentioned when preparing to go to a foreign country she would try to learn the words for saying important things among which was asking where the bathrooms or restrooms were. We might agree that seems like an important thing to be able to find out. She said restrooms were not always easy to find. One place they had gone into on a particular trip, when they asked if they had a bathroom the response was, “No! But we have Coca-Cola®!”

To me, what was offered would seem to have increased the NEED the request pertained to. However, isn’t that much the way it is in this world; people being offered something other than what they NEED most. And many times what is offered only serves to increase the NEED for what is truly NEEDED.

The more one becomes a partaker of the things of the world, the greater the NEED for the things of God, especially His forgiveness. The more one sins the more they are in NEED of God’s grace. But continuing to sin for the sake of receiving more grace (note Romans 6:1-2) does not bring the grace.
Rather such action moves one further from God.

It is not from continuing to drink of the cup of the world that our NEED is met. What the world offers (its “Coca-Cola®”) may taste good, but continuing to drink it in only increases our NEED and will never satisfy it.
Our NEED is to draw near to God and His Way and through Jesus that has been made possible.

The Hebrew writer encouraged…
“LET US THEN WITH CONFIDENCE DRAW NEAR TO THE THRONE OF GRACE, THAT WE MAY RECEIVE MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED.” ( Hebrews 4:16
ESV)

May we help others understand that God is the great supplier of our true NEEDS. ( Philippians 4:19) The above mentioned responder may have thought offering an American icon (Coca-Cola®) to American travelers would have made them happy. However, it did not meet the present NEED. It is the things and the Ways of God which we need to accept regardless of what nationality we might be. After all, if we are in Christ, our citizenship is in Heaven.
( Philippians 3:20) May it be the things of Heaven which appeal to us most.

Have a great day FINDING THE TRUE HELP FOR OUR EVERY NEED IN CHRIST!
Carl

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