Our Greatest Need

Some have said our greatest need is understanding. We just need to know someone cares. All we need is someone to hold our hands during the storms of life. We just need someone to listen to us. This is certainly important and Jesus does love us. However, we needed someone who could do more than just feel our pain. If all we needed was someone to listen to us and to show us love, God would have sent a psychological therapist or skilled grief counselor.

Oswald Chambers said, “Very few of us have any understanding of the reason why Jesus Christ died. If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not "a little bit of love," but major surgery (My Utmost-Dec. 20).

Our greatest need was forgiveness, so God sent us a Savior. From the day he was born, Jesus lived under the shadow of a cross. He was born to die. You see, the Bible says “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).” Our sin puts us in a awful position, because Romans 6:23 says “For the wages of sin is death,…” Our sins had to be punished. However, the Bible says, “…the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” So, God sent us a Savior. The manger where Jesus lay was filled with God’s grace. He didn’t have to provide a way for us to fulfill our greatest need, but he did.