Who do you turn to? Where do you turn? Does it depend on if it is yours or someone else? What’s your first response to a personal need? What’s your first response to your wife’s need? What’s your first response to your kid’s need? What’s your first response to the need of a friend, family member, or stranger? Does it depend or do you go to the same place?
Let’s be the dads who turn to God when we have a need! Let’s be the dads who turn to God when we find a need! Let’s be the dads who turn to God when we hear of a need!
Let’s remember what God’s Word has to say about it:
‘And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. ‘
Philippians 4:19
Do you realize your role? Do you realize your purpose? Do you realize your plan? Do you realize your calling? There is a need, how will you fill it?
Let’s be the dads who turn to God when faced with a need because we know He will provide a way to fill that need! Let’s be the dads who allow God to use us and give us the role, the purpose, the plan and even the calling to supply for the needs of those around us!
As the quote by Robert H. Schuller says:
Anybody who succeeds is helping people. The secret to success is find a need and fill it; find a hurt and heal it; find a problem and solve it.
Robert H. Schuller – Anybody who succeeds is helping… (brainyquote.com)
So as we look to close out the week strong, let’s keep an eye out for needs, hurts, and problems and then invite Jesus into them for wisdom and discernment to help us fill it, heal it, and even solve it!
Consider the wonders of God’s Word and how it can help you today: Life lived to the full requires an encounter with God. – God’s story through my life from 2005 to eternity… (wordpress.com)
