Lack Nothing

Elizabeth Elliot once said, “God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.”

As I look back at my life I remember the many times and places and situations where I thought I was lacking. I perceived that I did not have all that I needed. But in hindsight, I look and see that I was given exactly what was needful at exactly the time it was needed, and that God guided my steps where and when he chose, not according to my own plans and timing.

Even though I look back and find this to be true, the temptation to believe I am lacking something in my life lingers on. Perhaps this is always the case and we may need steady reminders throughout our lives that God has given us all we need for each day. As David put it at the beginning of Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd, I lack nothing.  

This week is Thanksgiving week, or as we say around Peace, “Thanks to the Giver.” The practice of gratitude shapes us into people who know that all we have needed, God’s hand has provided.

Have a blessed thanksgiving week! 

Jill Schroeder-Dorn, D.A., Director of Worship Arts