No matter how old we are, we all have wants and desires. Age holds no barriers to what we want. We may be young or old, but we all have things we desire. The things you want may be something material. They can also be something immaterial. The range can go from a new car to a better relationship with someone you love deeply. Your desire could even be a better prayer life or relationship with the Lord God. If the truth be known, we all have something that we want.
William Arthur Ward has some sound words for us in getting the help we need: “If you would be interesting, be interested; if you would be pleased, be pleasing; if you would be loved, be loveable; if you would be helped, be helpful.” Let’s focus on that last statement. When we want something, we need help. Ward says to get the help we want, we must be helpful. As we are helpful to others, in return, we get the help we need.
In Psalm 46:1 we find the source of the help we can get in our hour of need, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” To get what we want, requires us to get some help outside of ourselves. This verse tells us that “God” will give us the “help” we need. To give us peace during the time we waiting to get what we want, the verse says that we have a “God” who is our present “refuge and strength.”
So, to get what we want, it requires us to seek our heavenly Father for Him to supply us what we want. This could happen all of a sudden or it could take some time. The Lord is only a prayer away. Let Him know your request. You may even find out that God does not give you what you want, but in return gives you something that is so much better than what you asked for. Reach out to the Lord right now!
