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The other day I was listening to a Christian radio station, when the announcer said something along the lines of, “God doesn’t need you. But God wants to use you.” My ears did a double-take.
Okay. So God is big and important and I would not be here without him. I know that everything in the world can say thanks to God for existing. I know God could have made the universe some other way and it would have been just as good. But the thought of me not being NEEDED… I think that’s a little whack, dontcha think?
First of all… I am a daughter of God, and I am not just something God “uses.” The reason why I allow myself to be used by God is because I said YES to God. If I didn’t say yes, then God couldn’t do squat, because of the whole free will thing (God’s idea… not mine).
Secondly… I am TOO important. I am TOO needed. Without me, God’s plan would not work. How can I say such a bold statement? Is my head that far up my own ass? No way. From someone who struggles often with feeling purposeless, I can tell you that even on the bad days, when I feel like all I am doing is wasting space… I have a bigger purpose. I was created the exact way I am physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually, for a very specific purpose. If I was not needed, then I would not have been created. But I am here! And you are here! God NEEDS you. God WANTS you. (oh baby, oh baby…).
In order for God’s big plan for the world to work out, he NEEDS you. Furthermore, God likes you. He loves you. He WANTS you. He WANTS you on his team. He NEEDS you. If you weren’t on the team, then we’d all be screwed. We’d have to work fifty times as hard to pick up the slack. That would be exhausting.
Would God have existed without me? Yeah, and he has. But we are alive for some reason, and God only knows what the reason is, and because we are alive, we are needed, and we are wanted, and we are beloved.
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