Since I wrote my first blog article on this subject (in Feb. 2018), it is good to see another supporting article from Scott Hubbard, with Randy Alcorn.
https://www.epm.org/blog/2019/Feb/15/god-all-you-need
It sounds right to say, “All I need is God”. After all, isn’t this lifting God up in praise for our dependence on Him? How could such a superlative be wrong? It is true that God is our ultimate source, and we thank Him for what He provides for us. But God, in His sovereignty, has made made mankind needy not just for God, but for things like food and shelter. We also need others, and through others, we receive help to meet our material needs.
“All I need is God” sounds like God only works with communities of one. But isn’t love for one another meeting needs of others?
Since Jesus was God incarnate, 100% God and 100% man, then Jesus was God and had no needs, but He also was made dependent on others and had needs. Asking for a cup of water to the woman at the well in John 4 shows us that He not only had needs, but was showing us, as an example, receiving from others was a good thing.
Certainly, there are needs that only God can supply, but God also works with others to supply our needs.
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