Hello Everyone

God doesn’t need us, but He wants us. CS Lewis noted that “God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that He may love and perfect them.” Acts 17:24-25. When we contemplate God who is so magnificent, ultimately, we realise it is impossible for us to fully comprehend the magnitude of our breathtaking God and the depths of His heart of love. His creation is so majestic that to take a moment to contemplate just one aspect of God’s handiwork would take us on a million detours as we explore the elaborate details that God has shaped into creation and into making us. We as human beings are exquisitely crafted and are not the result of some random cosmic experiment on the part of God. We are the dream and expression of God who authored us; each of us unique. We are the centrepiece of His creation, intricately and marvellously made. Amazing! So, what is rather curious is the fact that God did not need any of what he created. Yet look at the brilliance of His artistry and creativity. The very fact that God doesn’t need us, but He wants us is a humbling experience for us as His creatures.

It is quite confronting that God doesn’t need us, but He wants us because it shows His true heart for us. As the great architect of every living thing, God had such a grand vision for the created world and particularly human beings that He imagined us, designed us, and formed us to enjoy Him and all He made. Only God could have thought up our creaturehood and personhood to be made in His image. Ha, so, can you imagine the imagination of God? In my finite mind I envisage God in His creative gallery; a room that has multi-dimensional design spaces because one room could not contain His master plans for all He envisioned to make. And then God spoke and formed the whole universe out of nothing; all of creation fashioned by His mighty hands including human beings who He breathed His very breath into, and who He put on display as the jewel of His creative work. This is the magnificent work of God. Yet He created something He never needed. Why? God doesn’t need us, but He wants us, and His unfathomable, unimaginable, uncontainable, love compelled Him to make us so He can love us and know us. He bears us in His heart. How extraordinary is that?

It is even more significant that God doesn’t need us, but He wants us, when we realise that God knew all along what this act of love would cost Him. He knew people would reject Him and spoil His good creation. God could have looked upon His broken artwork and simply pressed His destruct button and in an instant, we would be obliterated. Yet He made us anyway, never needing us or the world. He loved us before we broke everything, and He loved us after. That is the expression of supreme love, and it was outworked as a supreme gift when He gave His only son Jesus who paid with His life to perfect us rather than destroy us. As you read this today, know that you have life not because God needs you, but He wants you and loves you.

So, friends, get your “God wants you” on today.

 

Best days to come.
Wen