Providence Supplies Needs Not Desires
A good man shall have what he needs, not always what he thinks he needs. Providence intends the supply of our necessities, but not of our desires. He will satisfy our wants, but not our wantonness. When a thing is not needful, a man cannot properly be said to want it; when it is needful, a good man shall not be without it. What is not bestowed upon us may not be so beautiful at that time wherein we desire it, for everything is beautiful in its season. He175that did not want God’s kindness to renew him shall never want God’s kindness to supply him; his hand shall not be wanting to give where his heart has been so large in working.—Charnock.