Often people draw to Jesus Christ in order to have him fulfill their personal wants. This is worldly behavior often mimicked by believers. We ask God for what we want and not for what we need. We think of Jesus as the servant of our wants, and not as the servant of our needs.
I realized this when I welcomed a non-believer to a Bible Study, and asked him, "how can we love and serve you?" His immediate response (though jokingly) was, "you could bring me some water", revealed quite a lot to me. I realized that although he understood partially that I meant something other than "feeding" him in my service, his mind immediately went to service that satisfies wants, particularly the wants to the flesh. This made me a bit sad, but it helped me realize he didn't fully grasp that I wanted to do even more, serve his needs.
We must become better communicators to the society around us, that we "want" to serve their "needs" and not their wants. Because Christ came to serve our "needs". Unfortunately the church has often lowered themselves to the level of the world by using the weapons of flesh and blood in trying to instill these values in society. We have stooped to trying to cut excessive government handouts when we should be the ones giving others our spare cars, sharing our homes, giving out food and coats.
Christ wants to serve our needs before he gives us any of our wants, and we in turn should seek to serve others needs before we serve their wants.
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