Lacking Nothing

Psalm 34:9,10: "Fear the Lord, you his saints. For those who fear him, lack nothing. Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing"

When you look at this verse face value, it gives the impression that if you fear the lord, you will have everything you want in this life and every good thing will be yours. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!!! Here is the catch; you have to fear the lord. If you look further down in the psalm, you will see the definition of fearing the Lord. It is keeping your tongue from evil, and lies, obeying Gods commandmants, turn from evil and do good, pursue God. The past few years God has been ravishing my heart with the true fear of God. As I have started to pursue and fear God with a more poignant passion and zeal, God has been re directing my desires and wants. I used to love to get the latest gadget, the big tv with the most sports channels, the newer car, and the list goes on. As I have let my self be drowned in God's presence, I have lost a taste for the things that this world offers. Not that the list mentioned previously are bad things, but when we start to pursue God our heart needs and wants take a different flavor. My wish list is not items anymore. My wish list is now wisdom, discernment, unlimited affection and love for God, power to pray and see miracles, intimacy with Christ, a hunger for prayer and God's word, being a bold witness, and the list goes on. This is the original intention of this passage in Psalm 34. When you fear the Lord, your desires change. The lacking nothing and having good things are not things of this world, but it goes deeper in that to answer the cries and hunger pangs of our spirit. Kill my flesh cries God to have the things of this world and answer the groans of my Spirit to have more of you.