I Love The Lord Because He Heard My Voice,
He Inclined His Ear Unto Me
Therefore Will I Call Upon Him While I Live,
I Love The Lord, I Love The Lord,
I Love The Lord, I Love You Lord
We should be careful about saying, “Jesus meets all our needs.” At first, this has a plausible biblical ring to it. Christ is a friend; God is a loving Father; Christians do experience a sense of meaningfulness and confidence in knowing God’s love. It makes Christ the answer to our problems. Yet if our use of the term “needs” is ambiguous, and its range of meaning extends all the way to selfish desires, then there will be some situations where we should say that Jesus does not intend to meet our needs, but that he intends to change our needs.
Edward Welch