God's Needs

The Creator of the Heavens and the earth. The Most High God.
The Almighty. The Lord that Heals. The Lord our Righteousness.
The Lord who Sanctifies You.
The Lord Who makes Holy. The Everlasting. The Ancient of Days.

God knows our every thought. Nothing is hidden from Him. Even if we do not speak, God knows. So why do we pray? Does the Creator of the Heavens and the earth need to hear us pray?

When we worship God, is He strengthened? Is He restored? What profit does our worship give God? Does the Lord Who makes Holy need our worship?

If we speak out our thankfulness to God, does His power extend further? Does He become greater?

If we pray or not, God is still God. If we worship or not, He is still supreme. If we are thankful, His nature is unchanged. Our prayer, our worship, our thankfulness, are all for us. We need to pray. We need to ask, and know that it is God who answers. We need to worship, to acknowledge His sovereignty, to put our position in the proper perspective. We need to place our attention on Him instead of ourselves. And we need to thank Him, to remind ourselves that we can do nothing by ourselves. Our relationship with God is entirely what we choose to make it. If we ignore Him, the relationship withers. If we place God in the forefront of our attention, He draws closer.