In today’s world there are many buses, trains and planes you can catch. You must just make sure that they are going to the right place. Make sure that along the way you will learn a lot of things that will make you better equipped when you reach your destination. I do not want us to be defined by what they say we are. We are going to make this world shake. We are going to put the universe into our pockets!!

There is a common phrase we throw around daily, it is not even a phrase, it is just a word but I think it determines if we are happy or not. I want to show you the use of this word via a dialogue.

Child: “God, I want a new cellphone and I also want to go to the mall,”

Child: “Mom, I want a new cellphone and I want to go to the mall on Saturday,”

Mom: “Okay, I will make a plan,”

On that Saturday the mother does not have money and the child does not go to the mall or get a new cellphone. The child either blames God after that or hates his mom. But the fact of the matter is that his own words directed his path.

Now let us look at a different child; a homeless child.

Child: “God, I need food and money to go to school,”

Child: “Mom, I need to go to school tomorrow,”

The child waits for a long time in his eyes, but a short time when he joins the dots of his life; when he his rich and successful someday.

The dialogues are simple and I know they are stupid to some of you. But before you pass your full judgment, I want to take you back to school. If you are still in school then you will have to reflect just a bit.

Do you remember what you learnt in Economic and Management Sciences when you were just starting out in that subject? Many of you do but most of you do not. Well I still remember. I learnt the difference between a need and a want. If I am still correct a need is something that you cannot live without and a want is something you can live without.

Not too fast, I know that some of you cannot live without your cellphones, and that is not a need, not at all! Your need, when it comes to the cellphone is communication and connection with other people, the cellphone itself is not a need. You can put it this way ‘you want a cellphone, because you need to keep in touch with your family and friends’.

Now do you know why I mentioned the praying part in the dialogues? Well, it is because of a single word I saw in one of the most famous Bible verses in the entire world, universe actually.

‘The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want…” Psalms 23:1

I bet you are like “WHAT?” Well that is the truth about God and how He operates. Like, isn’t it funny that God does so many things for David, but he says he shall not want.

I need you to go back to the basics and ask yourself why God does not give you what you want. With me, I know that God knows that I am a wild child, if He gave me a Bugatti, I would die. Believe it or not I would want to be like Jeremy Clarkson and test the full speed.

My mother used to tell me that I should not worry if things do not go my way, because they go His way. He looks at my needs and not my wants. The classic example is that He knows that I need to live so he gives me oxygen without me even having to ask for it.

If you want proof of how God takes care of his children in accordance to their needs, read the Bible. The likes of John the Baptist, King David, Job etc. will just show you how He cares. We will not be billionaires, but we will live.

Be rich in this: be rich in happiness…

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Tell us what you think: The writer speaks wisely, what wisdom are you taking to use in your life?