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our lives. We can do hundreds of things with our smartphones these days: banking, keeping in touch with our loved ones, getting educated, relaxing, doing business, and so on. It’s no wonder that today we all want to have a smartphone for everything we can do with it. But let me now ask you a question please: if, during the next 30 days, you were given the choice between receiving the latest smartphones released by the companies of your choice (so you’ll have 30 phones at the end of the 30 days), and receiving enough food for the day (even the one you don’t personally like), what would you choose?Before answering this question, consider the fact that if you choose the phones, at the end of the 30 days you will have 30 smartphones with which you can start a business, and start selling them (especially since you choose the brands yourself, so you can choose the most expensive ones). On the other hand, if you choose food, you know that after 30 days you will have nothing left (remember, you are only given daily food), since you need to eat every day (even if it’s not your favorite meal).Despite the small clarification of the paragraph above, I know that many of us will still choose food, rather than phones. If it was a 2-day period, you might have chosen phones (2 in this case), but 30 days without eating anything just to have smartphones is still too much for most of us.This little question illustrates the difference between a desire and a need. If you’re willing to sacrifice the opportunity to have 30 smartphones after 30 days, to have food that will be finished in your belly by the 31st day, it’s because you understand that: you want to have smartphones, but you need the food. The difference between a want and a need is that: a want is something that brings a plus to our life, while a need is something that allows us to live.And we don’t all have the same needs. For example, a goat needs to eat grass to live, while a lion needs meat instead. Likewise, if a phone could talk, it would say that it wants a screen protector in case it falls out, but it needs to be charged.When you serve a good master who cares about your well-being, he knows how to give you what you need to live, and not just what you want. Good masters are attentive to the needs of the people they work with.Each of us when we go out and look for a job, we do it for one main reason — above wanting to serve the community, we do it because we want to be paid financially. And that money allows us to buy the things we

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need. So, we’re happy to serve when we know we’re being compensated financially. But masters who genuinely care about the welfare of the people they work with often go further than that. For example, the human body needs to rest in order to function properly. Good masters, therefore, know that they cannot push others to work until their bodies can no longer. Another thing, a human body under a lot of stress is easily susceptible to falling ill since stress weakens the human immune system. A good teacher is aware of this (since he is human himself), and does not put excessive pressure on the people he works with. On the other hand, having good equipment to work well is a want, because it adds a great plus, but does not allow us to live well, such as rest for example.The goal here is not to make people lazy (because some people are just not good servants and seek to blame their masters for their unproductiveness), but to understand the following principle: a good master knows how to give you what you need to live. Nor is the aim to say that wants are not important (because they are), but just to be able to differentiate them from needs, so that it is clear.If you have people at your service, applying this principle will allow you to be more appreciated by the people you work with, and believe me, it will make them more loyal to you, and more productive. I know it will require more investigative work on your part to determine those needs (that’s why companies have human resources departments), but believe me, it’s worth it.This principle applies in several areas. For example, if you want to choose a spouse, it’s important for you to define the things you need (those are things the other person must have, otherwise the relationship won’t work with you) in a relationship, and those that are just wants (things that will be a plus if the other person has them, but are not essential).In the next story, we’ll see how to react, if we happen to serve a master who isn’t that good.Question of the week: Do you know how to differentiate your wants from your needs when making decisions?If you know someone who can be helped by this story, feel free to share it with them. Please follow my account, to not miss any of my next stories.May the Grace of God help us to obey His Law.Thank you for reading me😊<h1 id="9626">Resources</h1>(1) Deuteronomy 18:20.(2) Hosea 4:6</article></body>

What is the Difference between a Want and a Need? #19

As we saw in the story I am an Ambassador, you will never see the ambassador of a country go and represent the country, saying what he thinks. He cannot give his personal opinion, because the very fact of being an ambassador means that he was sent to represent his nation. Therefore, he can only say what his nation has decided, not what he wants to say. It is the same when you represent the Kingdom of Heaven, you cannot say what you feel like saying, but rather what is in accordance with the rules of the Kingdom. By the way, God is so serious about this, that He orders to kill anyone who claims to represent the Kingdom, but who says things that are his own opinions (1).

(1) But the prophet who dares to speak in my name a word which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall be put to death.

If ambassadors take the time to study the will of their nations carefully before going to speak in the name of an entire nation, it is to make sure to say only what they are supposed to say. That is why God forbids those who are ignorant of the laws of the Kingdom of Heaven to speak on behalf of the Kingdom (2).

(2) My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you, and you will be stripped of my priesthood.

To be stripped of the priesthood means, in other words, to no longer serve. What God means is that if you are ignorant of the will of the Kingdom, you cannot speak in His name. I know saying it like this sounds scary, but believe me, when you learn the will of the Kingdom in order to do your job as an ambassador here on earth well, the reward is so worth it, so much so that I cannot explain it to you — you have to live it to feel it.

The difference between a want and a need

Nowadays, smartphones have become a fairly important part of our lives. We can do hundreds of things with our smartphones these days: banking, keeping in touch with our loved ones, getting educated, relaxing, doing business, and so on. It’s no wonder that today we all want to have a smartphone for everything we can do with it. But let me now ask you a question please: if, during the next 30 days, you were given the choice between receiving the latest smartphones released by the companies of your choice (so you’ll have 30 phones at the end of the 30 days), and receiving enough food for the day (even the one you don’t personally like), what would you choose?

Before answering this question, consider the fact that if you choose the phones, at the end of the 30 days you will have 30 smartphones with which you can start a business, and start selling them (especially since you choose the brands yourself, so you can choose the most expensive ones). On the other hand, if you choose food, you know that after 30 days you will have nothing left (remember, you are only given daily food), since you need to eat every day (even if it’s not your favorite meal).

Despite the small clarification of the paragraph above, I know that many of us will still choose food, rather than phones. If it was a 2-day period, you might have chosen phones (2 in this case), but 30 days without eating anything just to have smartphones is still too much for most of us.

This little question illustrates the difference between a desire and a need. If you’re willing to sacrifice the opportunity to have 30 smartphones after 30 days, to have food that will be finished in your belly by the 31st day, it’s because you understand that: you want to have smartphones, but you need the food. The difference between a want and a need is that: a want is something that brings a plus to our life, while a need is something that allows us to live.

And we don’t all have the same needs. For example, a goat needs to eat grass to live, while a lion needs meat instead. Likewise, if a phone could talk, it would say that it wants a screen protector in case it falls out, but it needs to be charged.

When you serve a good master who cares about your well-being, he knows how to give you what you need to live, and not just what you want. Good masters are attentive to the needs of the people they work with.

Each of us when we go out and look for a job, we do it for one main reason — above wanting to serve the community, we do it because we want to be paid financially. And that money allows us to buy the things we need. So, we’re happy to serve when we know we’re being compensated financially. But masters who genuinely care about the welfare of the people they work with often go further than that. For example, the human body needs to rest in order to function properly. Good masters, therefore, know that they cannot push others to work until their bodies can no longer. Another thing, a human body under a lot of stress is easily susceptible to falling ill since stress weakens the human immune system. A good teacher is aware of this (since he is human himself), and does not put excessive pressure on the people he works with. On the other hand, having good equipment to work well is a want, because it adds a great plus, but does not allow us to live well, such as rest for example.

The goal here is not to make people lazy (because some people are just not good servants and seek to blame their masters for their unproductiveness), but to understand the following principle: a good master knows how to give you what you need to live. Nor is the aim to say that wants are not important (because they are), but just to be able to differentiate them from needs, so that it is clear.

If you have people at your service, applying this principle will allow you to be more appreciated by the people you work with, and believe me, it will make them more loyal to you, and more productive. I know it will require more investigative work on your part to determine those needs (that’s why companies have human resources departments), but believe me, it’s worth it.

This principle applies in several areas. For example, if you want to choose a spouse, it’s important for you to define the things you need (those are things the other person must have, otherwise the relationship won’t work with you) in a relationship, and those that are just wants (things that will be a plus if the other person has them, but are not essential).

In the next story, we’ll see how to react, if we happen to serve a master who isn’t that good.

Question of the week: Do you know how to differentiate your wants from your needs when making decisions?

If you know someone who can be helped by this story, feel free to share it with them. Please follow my account, to not miss any of my next stories.

May the Grace of God help us to obey His Law.

Thank you for reading me😊

Resources

(1) Deuteronomy 18:20.

(2) Hosea 4:6