Charles Stanley (September 26, 2025) Daily Devotional: God Meets Our Needs.
Praise God that our need for love, security, and companionship is satisfied in a relationship with Him.
Philippians 4:19-20 - And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Our heavenly Father has promised to provide everything we need. Let’s consider some of the good gifts that are ours in Christ.
One universal human need is love. Out of His great concern for our well-being, the heavenly Father sent Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. Through faith in the Savior, we are adopted as God’s beloved children. In that way, we experience His rich affection for us (John 3:16 - `For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life), and as a result of our relationship with Him, we know a love like no other.
In fact, by means of salvation, our Father also provided for two other basic needs—companionship and security. When we accept God’s offer of forgiveness, the Holy Spirit comes to live within us, fulfilling the divine promise never to leave or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5 - Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, ``I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,"). Furthermore, Christ Himself promised that no one would ever snatch us out of His hand (John 10:28 - and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand). In other words, we can rest in the knowledge that we are God’s children forever. That is true security, utterly unlike anything the world can offer.
Praise God that our deep need for love, security, and companionship can be satisfied by an intimate, eternal relationship with the Lord. Have you trusted Christ so you could be blessed in this way?
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