Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. Acts 17:25

God is not only self-existent (read the blog from two days ago), He is also completely self-sufficient. That means He not only needs nothing from anything or anyone outside of Himself, but He is neither better nor worse because of anything we may do or may not do.

I am reminded of God’s words in Isaiah 66:1-2

Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist," Says the LORD.

We sometimes say we do this or that “for the glory of God.” In truth, nothing we do or do not do either adds to or subtracts from God’s glory. God is all-glorious even if He never created anything or anyone. What we might more accurately say is that “we do this or that to declare the glory of God.”

Contrast God’s self-sufficiency with our total and complete dependence on Him. He not only created us, He sustains us, including giving us every breath we take and every pulse of our hearts.

Oh how worthy God is of our worship and praise, and how foolish we can be when we withhold it!