We Need God

I pray to God -- my life a prayer -- and wait for what he'll say and do.
Psalm 130: 5, The Message


"There isn't a single area of our lives in which we're self-sufficient. We need God. We never develop or graduate to a state in which we don't need God. I once heard Isaac Bashevis Singer, a master story teller in Yiddish, say in a radio interview, "I pray only when I am in trouble; but I am in trouble all the time so I pray all the time."

Everywhere throughout the biblical revelation we're encouraged to come to God with our lists of requests. God is generous and never runs out of blessings. God delights in giving -- it's what he does best."

Leap Over a Wall

We Need God, God's Message for Each Day by Eugene Peterson.