For No Other Reason - Than You Are God

This post came from the impact this post by Perry Noble, had on me.

God I want to know you because you are God and for that reason alone. I do not want to seek your attention because of something I want you to do for me, or even something that I know you can do. I want to come to you with pure motives, undefiled love, and a true heart that offers you everything I have, I am, and everything I consider myself.

For you alone are God, and deserving of all I am, and all I am able to offer. God you stand on your own. Everything of this great universe and beyond, from the abyss of the great oceans to the endless skies of the heavens are fashioned and created by Your great hands. Who am I to stand amidst You, all mighty and infinite wisdom, and think that I can manipulate Your power by empty worship and ulterior motives. For me to sit here and even consider the thought of my next sentence to be possible by any other means than Your grace and mercy is ludicrous. I am here because of You. I am right here in this chair this very moment like the potential pollen resting on a petals edge waiting to be deposited by the wind of Your voice blowing on a summer day. You alone have allowed this time for me. My decisions have placed me here, but only by Your grace, which never ceases to manifest, have I arrived at Your holy feet. I am honored to be clothed in Your mercy and grace, and the very thought of You, God, calling me out of the bowels of hell and into Your kingdom is completely inexpressible through mere words. My emotions are fires of joy stoked by breath mentioning Your name. Your unfading love drapes around me like a mother owl protecting her young, You vanquish my fears like a lion driving off hyenas from his own. The Holy Spirit transforms my heart, mind, and soul to the likeness of Your Son, the Holy Lamb of God, and the only perfect sacrifice. Who suffered a horribly gruesome death while I was yet a sinner; so, that I would have hope of salvation through His righteousness for my sake to experience a relationship with His Father. Jesus, who sinned not once, yet willingly bares all my sin; so, God can look upon my face. Jesus, You are amazing and my words hold no value describing who You are. Thank you God, oh thank you. Hallelujah!



All glory to You God, all glory to you. You are God, and Your very essence draws my soul to want You to need who You are – all the characteristics of Jesus to inundate me, to overwhelm me, to fill me until I am a spring from the water of life; an aqua duct dispersing Your grace and love. Just the thought of Your majesty reigning over all the seen and the unseen makes my body and spirit quiver in Your sight. Your eyes scorn the hearts that only seek consumption of your blessings of grace, and squabble about serving others’ needs and replenishing the earth with the fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

You are the great I am! I am here, God. I know I need you. I tried to live life on my own and through my own devices, and all I found was shame, guilt, and dissatisfaction that spawned and fostered insatiable desires and tendencies to seek pleasure stemmed by pride and selfishness. You fill me with joy, peace, and a desire to seek goodness and maintain peace. I do thirst and hunger for righteousness, but I know I need a ravenous appetite for YOU, and Your will for me will be an unconscious effort, because Your passion will be my passion, Your desire will be my desire, Your heart will be my heart, Your eyes will be my eyes, Your arms and hands will be my arms and hands. Your feet will be my feet; Your pain for the lost and suffering will be my pain for the lost and suffering. Your comfort for the weary and lonely will be my comfort for the weary and lonely. Your mercy for those entangled in a web of addictions and bad choices will be my mercy. Your song will be my song. Your hope for the imprisoned will be my hope for the imprisoned. Your suffering for the homeless and needy will be my suffering. Your hurt for the hungry mouths that have no food will be my hurt. Your pain will be my pain, and your joy will be my joy. All glory is Yours and always will be. Thank you God.