This Unmet Need Reveals Something Important About You

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When basic needs go unmet our source of relief reveals where our faith truly lies. Outward pressure can create inward promptings that produces an environment ripe for bad decisions.

It’s when the pressure is really on that we find out who or what we really trust. Legitimate needs and big problems have a way of revealing whether we walk after the flesh or Spirit. They do.

In Gen. 26:1-12, Isaac faces a major problem for he and his family. God brings a famine, and they need food. Like his dad Abraham, God had told him to stay in the land, but Isaac had a better plan.

We do that, right? We trust God until it’s hard. Then we doubt that He meant what He said and said what He meant. In God’s economy, unmet needs (famines) create opportunities to clarify our faith.

Here’s the thing: When it feels like the “natural thing to do”, think again. God’s way is always a better plan. The famines we face (temptations) are a test that reveals who we really follow.

When deep needs beg for relief, God is asking, do you trust Me? What we believe about Him is our response. Faith can’t be trusted until it’s tested, and famines expose our weakness. That’s good.

Like Isaac, if we think we have a better plan that what God says, when our sin gets exposed as a result, it’s not His fault. Eventually Isaac let his guard down and his lies got exposed.

So, who do you really trust? Look at your unmet needs and where the pressure is on in your life. If you say you believe God but act as though you have a better plan, you’re being tested.

Shame can lead us to honest confession, and that’s a good thing. God already knows, and until we confess there can be no recovery (Pro. 28:13). Isaac humbly confessed and God then blessed (11-12).

What unmet needs or pressures of life are driving you to impulsive decisions or the “natural thing to do”? Compare that honestly to what God’s word really says. You now have an important choice.

You’ll also feel better when whatever lie you tell yourself or others is exposed. Do this. Write out all the lies you’re living and telling. Then take everyone to God without any spin or justification.

When you feel like it’s the natural thing to do, don’t. There is no plan better than God’s plan. You’ll feel better when you act upon that belief.

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