Romans 8:32  He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

In my mind, a “want” is more than what is really needed.  And anything more than a “need” would come close to being “greed.”  (see Need vs Greed Revisited) Yet God’s will is that we shall not “want” any good thing.

Psalm 34:10  The young lions do lack and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

There are a couple of words that God uses in this manner of “want.”  The word “want” can mean – need – poverty – lack – to be without.  In the verses we are looking at here, there is a negative in front of them.  NOT want! Or not be in poverty or not lack any good things.  This is similar to Romans that he will freely give us all things.

Judges 18:10  When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.

When Israel was to go into the Promised Land, God told them that there would be no want of anything that is in the earth.  God’s wish for His children is that they are prosperous and healthy.

Psalm 34:9  O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

So, you could ask yourself, “What do you want?” Your Father wants you to have your wants met.

Psalm 23:1  A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 84:11  For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

The world’s attitude, and many times the church’s attitude, is that the poor are the truly pious and the poor are the ones who walk with God.  We are not striving here to be greatly rich but to rise up to the standard of life God has set out for us to live.

There is another record that is interesting on the topic that a person should only have what is “needed.”  When Nathan, the prophet, confronted King David about Bathsheba and Uriah, God said this:

2 Samuel 12:7-8  And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. (NLT)…I would have given you much, much more.

One of the biggest problems we have when it comes to prosperity is our attitude. We may feel that we don’t deserve certain things.  Or we may say to ourselves, “I don’t need that,” or we would feel guilty about owning certain things.  Sometimes, we have low self-esteem or a hangdog attitude about ourselves.  However, none of these attitudes come from what God says in His Word.

We can rise up and claim the promises God has laid out before us. Then we can manifest the truth that our Father has greatly provided for us not only in the life to come but in this life we have to live here on the earth while we wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.  I will leave you with this great record.

1Timothy 6:17  Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;