Needs and Wants
Every so often I catch a "bible study" on the Christian Television Network (the week I was home sick from Sunday worship, the day I awoke at 4am and didn't want to hear how great my buns and thighs would look after using the special cream, and most recently channel surfing). Anyway, I usually watch and listen to these programs with my theological radar up and running. Health and wealth gospel...beep! I'm ok you're ok gospel...beep! Let's pick out one verse and exposition and assume for 2 hours...beep! But my radar caught a concept that I wanted to pose to you today...."We are called to love one another. We are called to love one another how we need to be loved not necessarily how we want to be loved" Hmm...let's ponder
If God loved me how I wanted to be loved, the Christian walk would be A LOT simpler. If God loved me how I wanted to be loved 7 years ago, it would be with a drink in one hand and a karaoke mic in the other. So, does this concept apply to how we interact with one another? Do we deal with surface issues or real issues? Are we really being helpful or are we becoming part of the problem? Words such as "enabling", "enslaving", "responsibility", and "empowering" come to mind in this ministry of service.
So, my question to you is...what do you think about the concept of loving how we need to be, not how we want to be loved?