Isn’t there something we can give to God that won’t belittle Him to the status of beneficiary? Yes. Our anxieties…. God will gladly receive anything from us that shows our dependence and His all-sufficiency.
–John Piper
We recently finished Christmas. Sometimes during that season it is hard to remember that God is not Santa, though we often reduce him to some type of cosmic Claus. He is not just a beneficiary that gives us things when we want or need them. He is much more than that. He wants a real relationship with you. And He wants you to depend on Him and find all of your needs fulfilled in your relationship with Him more than you finding fulfillment only in what He can physically “give” to you in wealth or in health.