Jesus Alone?

They say you can't rely on your spouse and friends to fill all your needs. No human can fill all your needs - you need Jesus to do that.

But I think sometimes when people say that, they take it to the extreme. As if Jesus is supposed to fill all of our needs, therefore we should never feel lonely if people aren't spending time with us. Jesus is supposed to fill all of our needs, so we can just tell him everything rather than building trustworthy relationships.

And while Jesus can fill all of our needs, I don't think that's how he intended it. God made us for community. The Bible is full of "one another" commands for how to treat our friends and brothers and sisters in Christ. He doesn't want us to just hole up and only be in relationship with him. And I don't think he wants us to settle for sub-par relationships just because he can fill the holes left by that relationship.

Relying on Jesus to fill our needs should never be an excuse to settle in our relationships with people.