God Assumes Full Responsibility for our Needs When we Obey Him

Do you really believe God is able and eager to meet all of your needs? Most people would say yes. But when difficulty comes, problems arise, and sorrow strikes, we often wonder where God is and how we can trust Him. But the Lord is not only capable of meeting our needs, He also is able to satisfy the deepest desire of our hearts.

Some question this reasoning. They say, “I know God is capable of meeting my needs, but will He? Doesn’t He know that I’m struggling?” The Lord knows the battle that is ensuing around your life.

And while questions like these are asked by each of one of us at some point, we need to learn a deeper principle, and that is how to focus on our faith when we are under trial. God is committed to meeting our needs, but first He wants to know that we are committed to living our lives for Him.

Jesus told His disciples not to worry. He admonished them to “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). This is a promise, a commitment, a pledge of action that we can claim. God knows we have emotional and material needs- food, shelter, a sense of belonging, and clothing. But Jesus was telling His followers that the focus of their lives should not be set on material products or “fell good” experiences. Instead, they were to set their hearts on God and His kingdom, and then every need and desire they had would be met.

The value of any commitment is based upon two things:

1. The ability of the promise maker to fulfill the promise.

2. The integrity of the promise maker, whether he has the character to follow through the promise.

God certainly qualifies on both accounts. He has all the wisdom, power, and ability necessary to fulfill His promises to us. He also has proven His integrity- He always keep His promises. He is utterly faithful to His Word. He is holy and immutable; He is unchanging. His commandments, status, and promises have not changed; they reflect our unchanging God. He is “the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).

When you have an unmet need, the first thing you need to do is pray and tell the Lord what you are facing. Prayer is an act of faith. It declares your trust in God and His ability. Many times, He allows a need to come so that He can teach you to trust Him in a greater way. No problem is too complicated or too difficult for Him  to handle.

God is committed to meeting all of your needs.

The real question that we must answer are: “How are you responding in the midst of circumstance or situation?” And, “Are you trusting Him or are you frantically looking for a way out of the difficulty without discovering what He wants you to learn?”

Jesus pledged that God would meet your needs when you “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.” This means that He is obligated to meet your needs when you faithfully obey and trust Him. When you are walking in step with Him, He assumes full responsibility for the answer to your needs, problems, challenges and circumstances of life. But there is a catch: He does this according to His will, purpose, plan, and timing. And meeting needs does not necessary mean meeting every desire that we have. He may choose to answer our prayers quickly, or He may wait for a season. Regardless, when the answer comes, it will be perfect, and it will encourage us.

God requires that we obey Him as part of our trusting Him.

One of God’s greatest desires is for us to learn to trust His wisdom and timing. Do you have a preconceived idea about how He must act to meet your needs or whom He may use to meet them? Many people have said, “Well, if this man would just do such and such or that woman would agree to do so and so, then my need would be met.” Or they have said, “Well, I did such and such and therefore God must do this and that.”

Those who make statements like these my not be trusting the Lord. Rather, they are demanding that He exert His power on behalf of their wishes and commands. Anytime we expect God to move a certain way, we have missed the deeper lesson that He wants us to learn.

Faith requires complete trust in Him, even when we do not understand why He has allowed circumstances to unfold a certain way. Think of all the people in the Bible who trusted the Lord and gained a wondrous victory: Moses, David, Esther, Jeremiah, Elijah, the disciples, Mary, and many more. We should never obey Him merely to manipulate our situation. God knows our hearts. When we are surrendered to Him, He sees our devotion and goes to work on our behalf.

God call us to trust Him, and Him alone, to meet our needs and to be our total source of supply. Furthermore, the Lord requires that we obey Him as part of our trusting Him. Therefore, tell Him, “Lord, I trust you completely to meet my needs in Your timing and according to Your methods. I want to lay down my selfish hopes, dreams, and desires. Mold these so that they represent Your will for my life. And I will continue to obey You, by the power of Your Spirit, believing that  as I do, You will take care of me.” You can count on God’s love, wisdom, power, and grace . He has never failed you. He is the God who cares, and He will provide what you need at just the right time. And when He does, it will abundantly beyond all you imagined.