God is a god that desires a
relationship with me and others, in fact with everyone. He wants us to bring
ourselves to Him as a sacrifice (Romans 12:1)
as Jesus did. At that moment, when we say, “Here I am Lord, use me as a
sacrifice, and not what I can do”, He is
most pleased because we have come to Him with obedience and humility, spurred
by love. (Psalm 61:19) And God does not have a “because I said so” attitude,
but more of a “because you know me through my revelation to you in Jesus”
attitude (John 17:16), And there-in lies repentance for and forgiveness of sin.
If we were in actual relationship with Him, there would never have been the
need for sacrifices and the Jesus. Since we are His children, and obedience
would lead us to act in accordance with His will, then even when we stumble, He
gives us a way out. If we live by giving Him sacrifices, as those before
Christ, we are only trying to appease Him and not develop a relationship with
Him. He is so desirous of Him, He wants to actually die to ourselves becoming a
new creature (II Corinthians 5:17),
purify ourselves in Him, and finally be justified by our faith. It is
not working ourselves into a frenzy as I have a habit of doing and completely
forgetting about my purpose for worship. God wants a heart-felt attitude when
we go to worship Him as well as when we are out and about. It is when we can
say, like David, in Psalm 63:1-2, that I am earnestly seeking God, thirsting
for Him in this desolation we call earth and desirous of being in the Glory of
the One true God, the Almighty. It is only then that I can be in relationship
with Him.
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