The One Who has No Need

We all have needs. What if your home were taken away for a few days or you were removed from family, friends and human company for a time? 

Try going without gratitude or appreciation for the rest of your life. Try going without food for several days or water for just one. 

If we went without breath for even one minute, we would see how needy we are.

Yes, we all have needs. But there is one who needs nothing. He is YHWH (Yahweh or Jehovah). He is the “I AM”

In the Bible we read:

And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. (Exodus 3.13-14)

As the “I AM” or Yahweh, he is the self existing one. He has no creator for he is the Creator. He has no sustainer – he is the Sustainer. He has no provider – He is the Provider. We depend upon Him. He does not depend on us.

When Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ, preached on Mars Hill at Athens to people who believed in many different gods, he labored to explain who the only one and true God is, saying:

God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything  since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. (The Bible – Acts 17.24-25)

Did you catch that? He said, “As though He needed anything.” This great God is the one – and the only one – who has no need!

He does not need our worship. He does not need our allegiance. He doesn’t need our help. He doesn’t need our money, our time or our resources.

But isn’t this the same God who said “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength”? (Bible – Deuteronomy 6.5) Yes, but I think now we can understand why God said this. It is not because he needs anything from us. It is because we need him.

A small child needs his Mom or Dad. So too, we need God and will never outgrow that need.

Right now, place your hands in God the Father’s hands through faith in his Son, Jesus Christ. When you do, your needs will be met too.[1] 

God doesn't have needs; he meets needs.

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[1] But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
  (Philippians 4.19)