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The God of Survival is the most primitive approach to God. He is sought to meet our basic survival needs such as health, sustenance, and security. These three needs are the focus, God only comes in when necessary. In this limited way God is approached with fear and any devotion is only because we need him to survive. When basic needs are absent, the accusation is that God is absent, uncaring, and capricious. We live life to survive, nothing more. Care is taken to avoid want, illness, and danger. Although this is the most primitive view of God, it is surprisingly common even in our modern society. When we view God like this we will say we believe in him and may even give him thanks for what we have, but when something threatens our lives or we are without our basic needs we abandon God. While God does meet our basic needs, he has much greater plans for us then mere survival. Times of need, illness, and even death have a purpose and we must trust God’s plan in allowing these things to happen to us.