Empty hands glorify God

God doesn't need what we have to offer. We can't give him things that we have, he created everything, so it's already his. Going to God humbly and admitting that you have absolutely nothing to offer him to make him notice or love you more is more glorifying because then you are telling God that you are His, and you know you're not good enough and you know you're worldy possessions won't get you anywhere with Him. He loves you anyway. It's a crazy concept to grasp. You can do all the good things you possibly can but it would never be enough to make up for the goodness of God and the depravity of the human race. He's so good all the time. So empty hands really are the best thing to offer up to God. Admit that God is way better than we'll ever be and rest in the comfort of that. God will be glorified by it. And that's not to say that God doesn't want us to do good things for others, or to use the things that he's given us in this life to glorify him...he does. But we need to remember that we can't earn our way into heaven. Thats a gift that we need to be humbly thankful for....



*wrote that at the worship team prayer summit*