#Day 74: 14 March 2016

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT

I had a funny yet frustrating experience today. It is about nasi padang. Yesterday afternoon, while we were in Kuala Terengganu, one of my friend bought a nasi padang. It looks great and said as the best Sumatra Nasi Padang in town (Erwina) - it does looks great!

We google the address and found 2 different restaurants, said to be famous (according to few reviewer). Decided to go to the other restaurant (Rex), we dashed out and waze-ing our way to the place. After struggling for a while we arrived, but the food did not look like what we saw earlier.

We then rushed to the other place, the one where my friend bought the food (back to Erwina) but, to no avail, the place is closed when we arrived (they closed at 4pm)

Still in the spirit of determination, we went to the place this morning. But, they have yet open. Sigh!

The experience clearly showed me that, I can't always get what I want. True that! Even a simple nasi padang.

The same like a lot of things in our lives, a lot of time we only or most of the time, focus on what we want. We want higher salary, higher career, nicer car, bigger house, more business, more success, more, more and more.

Some others even getting anxious about it, some stressed out because of it, and some even loose themselves in the journey of chasing what they want.

Psalms 34:10 NLT reminds us: "Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing"

What we tend to forget is that God knows what we need. He promised that we will lack no good thing, when we trust in the Lord! He promised that He will meet all our needs. Ya, our needs, not what we want.

Philippians 4:19 NIV said "And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus"

It's just like what ROLLING  STONE used to sing:

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you might find
You get what you need

If we continue to seek His kingdom, well, He will provide what we need.

And yeah, still no nasi padang for me, yet.

Another day full of blessing.

Disclaimer: The comments made about both restaurant are a personal individual view

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwant