When some people say that God is all they really need, what do they mean by that?
We clearly have other physical needs, and God has created us to need attention and affection and interaction with other people – needs that go beyond our physical needs.
So is this just a romantic idea, or is there some truth and real value in telling God that He is all we need? What do you think?
Oh yes, it is a very beautiful, deeply romantic idea. The lover of my soul has everything I need and He loves it when He hears that from His children. Yes God created us to need physical interaction and affection, but it all comes from Him, every good and perfect gift comes from Him.
Growing up when I heard people say that God was all they needed, I got scared and had no idea what they were talking about. Each day reveals a deeper dependency on Him now and I totally get what they are saying.
Thanks, Audra! That's very helpful and makes a lot of sense to me!
To put it simply, I think it *is* idealistic. However. I know that God knows me (everyone) best, better than we could ever possibly know ourselves. He really, truly is my best friend, and not in the human sense but rather in the sense that He *knows* me; any situation or crisis that I could possibly go through, He knows and understands better than any human friend possibly could. So He is the one I should take any issue to. He is the one I should speak to first with anything, major or minor. But we humans, we need that connection, that interaction of another human, someone to “touch base with,” you know? I mean, it's right there in the Bible that we were not made to be alone. So I guess in that sense God isn't all we need…though really, He should be. How many times do we come away from talking with a friend feeling like we “talked things out” but…are still missing something? I've never really come away from talking to God feeling that way.
That's a great way to put it, Alicia; thanks for sharing your thoughts!
To put it simply, I think it *is* idealistic. However. I know that God knows me (everyone) best, better than we could ever possibly know ourselves. He really, truly is my best friend, and not in the human sense but rather in the sense that He *knows* me; any situation or crisis that I could possibly go through, He knows and understands better than any human friend possibly could. So He is the one I should take any issue to. He is the one I should speak to first with anything, major or minor. But we humans, we need that connection, that interaction of another human, someone to “touch base with,” you know? I mean, it's right there in the Bible that we were not made to be alone. So I guess in that sense God isn't all we need…though really, He should be. How many times do we come away from talking with a friend feeling like we “talked things out” but…are still missing something? I've never really come away from talking to God feeling that way.
That's a great way to put it, Alicia; thanks for sharing your thoughts!