"I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me. I will not take a bull from your house, nor goats out of your folds. For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills... if I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is Mine, and all its fullness... Offer to God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High. Call upon Me in the day of trouble and you shall glorify Me."
This wasn't where I was supposed to be reading in my quiet time, but I wound up there. It's a not-so-subtle reminder to me that God doesn't need me or my abilities for anything He wants to do. He's certainly not going to rebuke me for trying to serve Him, but I need to be constantly aware that He can do perfectly fine without me. All I am required to do is show a complete dependence on Him. To offer thanksgiving, praise, and call out, recognizing my need for Him. Then He will be glorified. It sounds so simple. But letting Him have control is so hard.
-Blu
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1 comment:
Cool! I don't remember ever reading this verse before. I like where it says "if I were hungry I wouldn't tell you." Wow He's a big God. :)
Darbi
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