God Doesn't Need Me...

For many years as a Christian I based my worth on the statement, "God doesn't need me, therefore I have no worth." I believed this statement was true. I now realize, years later, that it is only partly true.

It is true that God doesn't need me. If God had any needs He wouldn't be God. He is completly self-sufficient and lacking in nothing. Whatever I could offer wouldn't change or "improve" God in any way. After all, He created me. So, anything I might try to give back originated with Him in the first place, so it is futile to think God could benefit in the slightest from me. However, just because He has no need of me doesn't mean I have no worth to Him.

My value to God is immeasurable. In fact, it is so great that He gave up His glory in heaven to come to earth and become like those He created in order to demonstrate His love. And not only that, He went even further by sacrificing His very life, inviting the death I deserved for my sins onto Himself, in order to provide me with His spiritual life. He proved my worth with His shed blood.

My life has been radically changed through a new statement based on the truth, "God still doesn't need me, but He wants me." That is almost too amazing to comprehend. The Creator of heaven and earth, the Alpha & Omega, the I AM wants my company. He wants me near. He longs for my companionship and affection. Does he need it? No. But to realize His heart beats for me is to know that my value and worth is beyond calculation.

And He wants you just the same...

Amazed by God's affection,

jonathan