DO YOU KNOW WHAT GOD NEEDS?

THE GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE TOWARDS GOD IS YOURSELF

I am sure that having read the question the uppermost thought in your mind is how is it possible that God is in need of something? When we engage the Lord in prayer we usually come with a shopping list of needs and things we want God to do for us.

Today I want to present to you another angle. How about coming to God and ask the Lord, Father what is it that you need from me? This change the whole dimension of your interaction with the Lord doesn’t it?

God’s need is for you and me to live towards God. I am sure you are asking yourself what does this mean. Allow me to explain.

Joh 1:1 NKJV

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

This translation of the word with is not accurately translated from the Greek.

G4314 – πρός – STRONGS

A strengthened form of a preposition of direction; forward to, that is, towards. It denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at.

Thus the correct translation of this scripture would be:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was towards God, and the Word was God.

Take a deep breath and meditate for a moment on the dimension of communication that is revealed between God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. They are living towards one another.

We see the same picture emerging in Genesis:

Gen 1:1-3 NKJV

(1) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

(2) The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

(3) Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

Looking at the process of creation we see that God spoke towards God. Now where does this leave you and me?

We are all aware that we are indwelled by the Spirit of God. We are also aware that man is a spirit being and can only express himself in the time and earth dimension through his body. Now our bodies are the temple, the abode of the Holy Spirit.

1Co 6:19 NKJV

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

God’s demand then and need is for you and me to start living life in the same way. We need to start living towards the Christ is one another. The Christ in me is then living and responding towards the Christ in you. In this way we demonstrate Christ in the earth.

We need to change our mindsets. If I serve you with a cup of coffee or give you a hug it is the Christ in me that is serving you with a cup of coffee and it is the Christ in me that is embracing the Christ in you.

God is attracted to God. You have the ability to meet the need of God. Will you meet that need?

In order to meet the need of God, you need to clothe yourself with the Spirit of Christ. Your every response and action then is from the position where I respond towards God in all that I think and in all that I do.

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When we start to live in this dimension we start to function accurately in the earth and we become vessels that can be effective in the Kingdom of God. We no longer focus and serve our own needs. Our only response is the need of God.

Study the life of Jesus. Everything he did, every miracle he performed had a purpose of ministry towards God. Every action was purposed to advance the Kingdom of God.

The challenge we face is to start living the same life as Jesus did. Are you willing to pay that price? It will cost you your life.

Mat 16:24 NKJV

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Jesus does not place the cross on you. You need to take up the cross. This implies a conscious decision that we need to make. We understand that the cross is the instrument of death. Death to yourself. Death to your own desires and what you want.

Are you ready and prepared to live this lifestyle? Christ in you has a desperate desire to touch God and to live towards God. Will you be obedient and respond to the need of God?

Do you choose to continue your life and even do ministry according to your plans and purposes. Whose need are you responding to. Your needs or that of CHRIST?