What is a need?

What defines a need? If you were to look at your life and separate the things that you need, from the things that you want, what would that look like? What would be on your list of needs?  Food, water, shelter?  I’m sure these are the basics we can all agree on. Most people would ask, what is considered food? Or what is shelter specifically?  So, if you have 3 kids you need a house with at least 4 rooms. In order to make this happen you need to go to college. Then you need to get a good job so that you can provide for these basic needs. Right…………I think we would all agree with this.

Now that we have established what the basic needs are, and can all agree to some standards, what do we do when those around us have basic needs that aren’t met?  I believe most would say we should meet those needs or at least find a way to help those in need help themselves.  So if we agree what basic needs are, and that everyone’s basic needs should be met, what are we doing to meet those needs?

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the great and first commandment.  And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:37-39 ESV)

So if we meet our own needs and we are to love our neighbors as ourselves then in some way or another make sure their needs are met as well. Just something to think about.

God bless!