God Doesn't Need You

0:00God does not need us. For Him to need, that means He's lacking. If He is lacking, He's not God. So the first place that a person has to get very comfortable in is in the fact that they are not needed by God. He loves us, but He doesn't need us. In any way that people want to somehow manipulate the words—do I love you because I need you? Do I need you because I love you? Get that garbage out of your mind. God is not a person and should never be compared to one. This is the reason why anyone that believes in the New Testament is an idol worshiper because they made God into a person. So the first place that a person has to get really, really comfortable in their servitude of Hashem is: I am the servant; He is the Master. I need Him. He doesn't need me. I owe Him everything; He owes me nothing. And as the Chovot HaLevavot says...

1:07Even if all of the righteous people that ever lived combined all of the good that was ever done in the world, it still does not amount to justification for a single breath coming out of your mouth. All of the righteous deeds that we ever did, Abraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Moshe, Shlomo, David, whoever you want, combine all of them, combine yourself, combine your grandparents, combine the tzaddikim, combine everybody. All of that does not justify Him owing us even a single breath of air, nothing. So the moment you get comfortable... that all of the righteous people did—Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Moshe, Shlomo, David—whoever you want, combine all of them, combine yourself, combine your grandparents, combine the tzaddikim, combine everybody, combine everybody. All of that does not justify Him owing us even a single breath of air, nothing. So the moment you get comfortable in that place where God does not need you and does not owe you anything, but you, on the other hand, need God and owe Him everything, you're already in a good place.