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As we go on living our lives this mixing of realities seeps into our relationships, too. We need our friends need our friends to do this, and we need our friends to not do that. Finally, it finds its way into our relationship w/ God. This attitude is most clearly seen in Paul's argument w/ God:

Paul believed this "thorn" needed to be removed. You can see this in his pleading. If his ministry was going to succeed and if his life was going to be all that it was meant to be this thing harassing him needed to get out! Jesus responds to Paul's "needs".

Paul was in need, and his wants were getting in the way. This last Sunday we talked about the truth that we are powerless over the most important thing: our hearts. Many people balk at the idea that they cannot change themselves because they want to have that ability, because they think they know what's best. However, we need God to be in charge. Why? Because He knows what we really need, and that is Him. And because He has the power to fulfill the very desires that lie so deep in us we didn't even know they existed. We come to him w/ our "needs" and He frustrates us. As we draw near new yearnings arise, and as hard we try we are never able to fulfill them. That is when He reveals to us how our needs have all along simply been wants, and that the need He is able to fulfill satisfies all our deepest wants.