GOD NEEDS AFFIRMATION?

Psalm 91:1-2, 3-4, 14-15b

The Psalm today is very beautiful. It says, “Deus meus, sperabo in Te.” In English it is rendered as “In You, my God, I place my trust.” It is an affirmation given to God, not only a flat statement expressing whom we trust. That God is affirmed is good! Perhaps we seldom do that because we think He needs no affirmation anyway. Sometimes we might also think affirming God is like “making bola” to Him.

Does God need to be affirmed? Yes, He does.

God needs to be affirmed for three reasons.

First, by affirming God, we become like Jesus. Remember the Lord’s Prayer, the prayer Jesus Himself taught His disciples? How does Jesus begin His prayer to the Father? “Our Father, in heaven, holy be Your name.” When Jesus prays, He starts by affirming the holiness of the Father. To affirm God is to pray as Jesus prays.

Second, when we affirm God, we become true to our selves. Telling God that we trust Him – as in the Psalm today – is telling our selves, too, that we are hopeless without Him. And that is the truth! By affirming God, we humbly recognize our need for Him. We recognize who we really are and what we can become because of God. Affirming God is an important means to remind us of who we really are, not only about who God is.

Third, affirming God is a powerful way of witnessing to others. By affirming God through our words and deeds, we tell others who God is for us because of what He actually does in us and for us. Affirming God is a means of evangelizing others. We say God is faithful, all-powerful, loving, merciful, just, trustworthy, etc. because we experience these attributes of God in our lives. We proclaim thus so that those who hear and see us may be led closer to God, too.

Next time you affirm God, remember these three things: becoming more like Jesus, becoming more true to your self, and becoming a way for others to God. these are the reasons why we must affirm God every moment of our lives.

When we affirm God, He does not blush. He simply smiles and says, “Thank you, child, for trusting Me. Go and affirm your brethren, too, for in them you shall find Me.”