Abundant living for the believer is not the same as abundant living for others. God does not want us to seek after the abundance of the things we want in life the same way that nonbelievers seek to satisfy their wants. The believer is called to find abundance in the middle of their needs rather than from the pursuit of their wants or desires.
But how do we know a need from a desire? For most of us, it all seems the same. I say that I need a car so that I can get to work, and I want a car so that I can get to work. But these are not true statements. We have a basic need for food and water and shelter. But we may have desires for a steak, cold water and a big cool house. Our wants almost always are bigger than our needs.
When we know the difference between our needs and our desires, we can move God to work on our behalf. Philippians 4:19 says, “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus.”
Paul isn’t just saying God is good; we all know that. He is telling us that God is a provider of all our needs when, with humility and gratefulness, we keep those needs before Him. This is a spiritual principle that will allow you to live in greater prosperity when you know it.
Everyone—believer and nonbeliever—has the same basic needs. God simply does not want us to act like the nonbelievers around us when it comes to fulfilling our desires. When the Israelites were just 45 days in the desert, they complained to Moses because they had eaten the last of the food and water they brought from Egypt. They did not see how their needs would be met.
We know God responded by raining manna, bread and meat, down from heaven to meet their needs for food. He brought water from a rock to meet their need for water. Still the people complained and wished they were back in Egypt where they could live by their wants and desires more than by their needs. Exodus 16-1-14,
You must understand this principle of humble gratefulness if you are going to live abundantly just as you are. When we are humbly grateful with the basic things that we have, God can multiply what we can do with the little we have to meet our needs.
With humble gratitude, He can feed a family for many days with a jar of oil and a can of flour. Paul tells us that he knew how to live with much and he knew how to live with little. Either with much or with little, Paul lived big. Having your needs met with contentment brings joy to the heart of God.
The believer does not need to have a big house to live big in the house God has provided.
The believer does not need a big car to be the instrument God uses to provide a big ride to someone in need.
God can take the little money you have as a humbly content believer and make you spend it like it’s a million dollars.
God can take you, when you are humbly content, and use you just as you are and with just what you have to meet all of your needs and your desires too.
He does this because when we are happy with what we have, He is happy to give us more of what we would like to have but would never ask.
Learn to live in the prosperity of your need. Humbly accept that you don’t need more of anything to live like you have more than you will ever need. You must be both full and hungry; you must be both in need but completely fulfilled.
When you are humbly content, it does not matter what you have or how much you have. Whatever it is, you will live better than those who live unfulfilled lives despite seemingly having more. With the Lord it is always more than enough for you to live abundantly.
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