Nothing to Offer

I have nothing to offer God that He doesn’t already have. He is the Lord God Almighty and I am just me. The comparison would be similar to considering what an amoeba would add to a relationship with Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking.

In human relationships, each person is imperfect. In human relationships each person brings strengths and weaknesses to the relationship. This is acceptable in human relationships because we add value to each other. As we share our strengths to offset the other person’s weaknesses, the relationship grows and we are better people because of the relationship. However…

In a relationship with God we bring all the imperfections and He brings all the purity.

In a relationship with God we bring all the weakness and He brings all the strength.

In a relationship with God we add no value to Who He is and He adds all the value of Who He is to us.

In a relationship with God we are the ones who grow and become better people and God remains as He is because we can not add anything to Who He is.

When I consider my a relationship with God, all I can offer Him are my imperfections and my weaknesses. Yet, God still loves me despite my inability to add anything to Who He is. I admit that I do not understand how God wants to be in a relationship with me but I believe by faith that He wants to be in relationship with me. I have human relationships where it seems like I give so little and receive so much.

I have been on a journey for the last couple of years. Over this time period there have been a couple of people who have traveled with me from the very beginning. Others were there for certain periods of time based on what God knew I needed at that time. Some of these people were existing friends and some of them are new friends that God provided for me along the way. Each of these women have added everything to my life. They have given to me their strength and their wisdom and their knowledge and their love and their support. I feel that all I have given are my imperfections, my weaknesses, and my troubles. Even so, they are still my friends. I know that I have standing invitations from each one of them to call upon them any time day or night if I need them. My seeming lack of contribution to the relationships because of my neediness has not stopped them from being my friends and loving me.

My imperfections and neediness do not stop God from loving me, either. The Bible tells me He loves me with an everlasting love and that He will never take that love away from me.