Book of Redemption & Regrets: I give You all of me for all You are~

Well yesterday, as my parent's had a usual "rant" at me & my sis, for once I actually didn't just allow it to go in one ear & out the other right away. Quite an achievement right? haha~

It was even about something I knew perfectly well & I thought it was such common sense that I thought seriously didn't need any more reminding. But yup.. I surprisingly listened.

And as a result, it has completely helped me realize something that was wrong with my relationship with God & to make some changes.

Who is God?

For some of us, He's our everything, the reason we breathe each breath.

For others, He's just some higher being that may exist, may not, doesn't matter.

Still, to other's He's just part of some religion that makes no sense whatsoever.

These are all some "opinions" one may have when asked who God is.

God is God.

"The one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe." as dictionary.com puts it.

From the Bible,

He is LOVE.

He's the King of King, Lord of Lords.

He's the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and End.

He's The Creator of everything.

He's our Father.

He is perfect~

There are many 'hints' to who God really is throughout the Bible.

At the end of the day, God is God, & He is indescribable.

We as humans can nowhere near as fathom who God exactly is.

But still, with this infinite gap between us, God chose to come down to us.

What I got reminded of yesterday, is that when we use our privilege of praying to God, we should, we need to, adore Him first.

Instead, lately I've more or less just been concentrating on myself more, confessing, asking, etc.

Adoring. Uplifting Him. Praising. Acknowledging Him as God & infinitely higher than us. You got the idea.

Does God need us to? That's why He created us right? To make Him feel great and loved?

Definitely not!

He needs nothing, He is still God whether we exist or not, He Himself is love.

We need to. Yes, we need to adore Him, to admit that He's so much greater than us.

It humbles us, reminds us of how much we fall short of His glory.

Acknowledging God as higher than us strips us of our pride.

It prepares our mind to talk to Him properly throughout the rest of our prayer. To confess wholeheartedly, to ask for things in His will, to pray more for others & not so much for ourselves.

Humbling ourselves through this adoration frequently will also most definitely keep us humble.

It will change us, to be more like Christ.

Telling God how amazing, how wonderful He is will help us affirm truly who we live for. It will help remind us that there is so much more to life than this dark world. There is this magnificent light that we were made to be in.

It will renew our soul each time~

All you need to do is take a moment before you start talking to Him.

Forget yourself.

Think about who He is, how great He is, the amazing things He's done in your life.

Believe it, acknowledge it, and praise Him for it.

He deserves our eternity's worth of praise.

Though remember, He doesn't need it any of it.

We need it, & we're more than welcome to do so.

Until next time,

Godbless~