Proverbs 30:8 English Standard Version (ESV) Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
This is a great prayer. Over the years my ideas about what I need have changed. Part of the reason for that is maturity, part of it circumstances. What I failed to recognize is that God created us to be needy.
God does everything with purpose and being needy has its purpose. What I need and what I want are two distinct things and easy to confuse the emotions which were also given to us with purpose.
Adam needed a close personal relationship with God and had it in the best way possible. Adam didn’t realize he needed it until he lost if due to what he wanted. We often do not recognize what we need until we lose it. That thought can go down a deep dark hole if it is allowed to be explored. So let us not go there.
Luke 10:40-42 English Standard Version
40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but [only] one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
I added [only] to the ESV because other version point to Mary’s action of hanging on every Word as being the only thing necessary. That does not mean we want more, we just do not “need” them.
John 1:16-17 English Standard Version
16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
The indwelling Christ is complete and there is nothing lacking in us that we need. We have received everything we need to temper and control what we want. When Jesus said “this is my body, take, eat” He was answering the prayer from Proverbs 30:8.