As Christians, we’re taught to depend on God. That He is sufficient for all our needs. That he is everything we could ever need and want. And all those things are true. But sometimes, they stop being true to us. We stop living the truth that God is “All I Need’.
If you have seen the old Steve Martin movie “The Jerk” you’ll recognize this clip. Lets take a look and see what it is that this character says is all he needs.
It’s a hilarious clip right? All the random things he picks up and says he needs. In his sadness he’s trying to convince himself that he doesn’t need anything or anybody. So funny… but so true, isn’t it?
It’s easy to say “God is all I need” when we’re on the mountaintop. When joy is abundant and life’s worries seem far away. But when sadness sets in, or anger strikes, or the stock market plummets, or our children go astray… Do we still believe God is all we need? It gets harder to live that truth in those times.
Through our walk with God we forget how much we committed to him at the beginning (or maybe yesterday). How he was our everything. How we were “all-in” and needed nothing else but his spirit and his presence. Our walk gets CLUTTERED. We start making excuses and convincing ourselves that all we need is God...and money, and that’s all. All I need is God, money, and my car, and that’s all. All I need is God, money, my car and that chocolate cake, but that’s all I need. And then we start wondering why we don’t hear God, see God, feel God… How can we when we’ve accumulated all this junk? We’re drowning out what we really need with all the things we don’t really need.
I want to invite you to take the next several minutes and do some self-searching. Is your walk cluttered? What junk have you picked up along the way? What things have you convinced yourself that you need? Have you lost track of God because of these things? He hasn’t lost track of you. Would you like to hear/see/feel Him again? Lets spend this time in worship and prayer. Allow the Holy Spirit to show you what needs to be removed. Let him show you the lies you’ve been telling yourself.
Don’t go another minute living a life that’s cluttered and drowning out God's voice. Lets fix this today.
