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Having My Needs Met, Elizabeth Davis

For twenty-seven years I lived at home with my parents and siblings. I had lived in Atlanta, Georgia and enjoyed the Lord with many of the same believers all my life. I also had many friends from work, etc. I knew that moving to California to attend the Full-Time Training in Anaheim would be a different experience, but I thought I could handle it on my own. I had been to Anaheim several times and I knew people that would be in the Training with me. I would not be in California forever, so everything would be all right. However, many instances proved that not only did I miss my family, but also other circumstances arose to show me that I could not make it without the Lord.

One day while walking home from the Training I remember feeling down. Soon the Lord brought a song to mind and I began to sing. A few minutes later a sister walked by singing another song. Lord, Now I See speaks of not being discouraged but just believing in the Lord. Still later, the Lord reminded me of another song. When I was down, the Lord kept reminding me of encouraging songs, and, though the circumstances did not change, I was sustained, even in my emotions, by the Lord.

Another time, I was missing my family; many times throughout the day, whenever I thought about my family, I would cry. When in my room, I told the Lord He needed to fill the void of my family. A sister had told me she prayed in this way. I knew Christ wanted to fill every part of me and be everything to me but I did not have that reality yet. So I just told the Lord in faith to fill this void in me.

In another instance, I was quite weighed-down and discouraged about something. I prayed to the Lord about the matter, but I had no idea how He would fix the problem. Later that week the Lord began to speak through one of my teachers and through the other believers in the Training. Many things that were spoken directly addressed the problem I was dealing with. I found out that other people were also concerned about the same thing. I was quite encouraged and the Lord met my need.

I realized by these experiences that the Lord is meeting my need. I desire more experiences of the Lord, and He is giving me opportunities to turn to Him. I have always heard that the Lord meets all our needs and that my need is just Christ (Matthew 6:33). Through these experiences I have seen that my need is just more Christ. Christ is really all I need. Every time I turn to Him in my daily experiences, I receive more of God into me. Not only have I found out that I cannot handle everything by myself, I found out my only need is God. When I touch Him He fills that need by giving me Himself.

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