what I need is the one who made the need

Our scramble to fill voids in our lives created by loss cause us to miss the point.

I lost my wallet on Wednesday and count this event a highlight of the week. The stress came first, followed closely by frustrated regret. But if I hadn't misplaced it, God couldn’t have brought it back. And the excited shrieks that ensued after He returned it to my care created an intimate moment between me and my Maker that wouldn’t have existed but for the loss.

“Look!” God proudly declares. “I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. And I have given all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food.”

God could have designed humans and animals to survive without needing food or shelter, or a valid driver's license and Safeway Club Card. But these physical, (somewhat) universal realities allow the divine to penetrate the dirt. What at first seem to us irritations and limitations, as our God-eyes adjust to the light of His presence on earth, we begin to view as shadows that prompt us to turn lightward and ask, believe, receive. Whether simple or wise, let us recognize our dependency and be quick to seek the single Source that both created and joyfully satisfies our longings.