- No Want
Psalm 34:9-10
O fear the Lord, ye his saints:
For there is no want to them that fear him.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:
But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Many of God’s promises are hard to believe because we do not see them working out that way in real life. This is one of those hard promises: can we really believe that those who fear the Lord and seek Him will not want any good thing? Aren’t there countless individuals who die of hunger and want? Do not I myself often want something that I wanted?
What I see: God does let some people die of hunger, and I do want some good thing. What I believe (according to God’s Word and promise): God does not let God fearers and God seekers want any good thing: there is no want for them. Will you walk by faith or by sight? Will you trust in what God says or in what you see?
We can rationalize and say: I have not seen a true believer die of starvation, and even if he did die of want it would be a “good thing.” For he is with the Lord and away from suffering. There are other ways to explain or rationalize this promise, but ultimately, rationalizations and specious explanations are not good responses to God’s Word. The faith response to God’s Promise is: “I can’t explain it; I don’t understand it; it does fit my experience; I just believe it because God said so. Period.” At the end of the day, God promises me: You shall not want any good thing. Now my response to His Word is to take Him at His word and believe what he says whether mind can grasp it or my eye can see it or not. Some day it will all be clear. For now: since I am a seeker of the Lord I believe that I shall not want any good thing. I will let the Holy Spirit show me what that means in His time. Right now, I accept that wonderful promise for myself.