You Need Not Any Thing

Michael E. Wood

March 14, 2012

Psalms 115: 1-3 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Revelation 4:9-11 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

On some occasions God will bring forth words of praise or prayer to Himself in the form of poetry from my heart during the course of a message being preached or taught. When that takes place I usually write down the thoughts which immediately come to mind with the intent to further develop it later, and then return to focusing upon that which is being taught in that present moment. There have been a number of times that that has occurred over the past few years and has resulted in the writing of a poem to completion soon thereafter. On other occasions it has resulted in the thoughts being transferred from whatever was handy in that moment to write upon a card or in a book of which seem to lie dormant in its development, or as in this case it becomes what my precious wife Dianna has labeled as a “spark”.  As Pastor Jeremy Twombley began teaching on a Wednesday night the Attributes of God, we looked at a number of passages from scripture and he made the following statements. “God is self-existent, in need of nothing.” And “God chooses to glorify Himself through creation and man.” As he relied heavily upon instruction given by Wayne Grudem, this little “spark” is likewise an expression of how God uses faithful men to teach faithful men as well as uniting them together for the praise of His glorious grace.

For though You need not any thing of aught that we might do,

You grant to us the privilege to offer up to You

The form of worship that is pleasing by true faith alone,

Centered on the glory of the Lamb upon the throne!

Thank You for the pleasure in expressions that You give

By Your Holy Spirit knitting members then to live

As one body in the temple of Christ crucified

And resurrected by the power in Him glorified.