God helps those who help themselves. Have you ever heard that phrase? Many people use it, but it really isn’t good.

This phrase allows people to justify not helping someone else. When they use it this way, they apply their standard to the situation. That is a dangerous place to be, because God will judge you by the measure or standards you use.

Others use this phrase to say that God owes them something for all that they did. News flash, God does not owe you anything. We are always in debt to God.  The great news is, that God never wants to collect on that debt. He just wants to forgive.

Now, God does want you to work and enjoy the pleasures of having a purpose in this life. So, let’s change this statement a little to bring it in line with what God teaches.

We are in a relationship, and we need to view God in light of the relationship that God desperately wants to have with us.

God blesses (better than helps) those who put God’s interests above their own. When you do that, you in effect are helping yourself, but you are not putting yourself first.

In a relationship, the key is to put the other’s needs in front of yours. When you do, the one who loves you should respond in kind, simply because they love you.

When you do this, God, since He is God, has the ability to help or bless you beyond what you can imagine.

You can’t do anything to make God bless you.  What you can do, is impress the one you love in such a way that God is inspired by your actions of selfless love to want to bless you in a dramatic way.

When this happens, it is glorious, and you really feel the love. If God does something for you simply because you helped yourself, then it is not out of love, but out of obligation. When someone does something nice for anyone out of obligation it is hollow and cold at best.

When someone blesses you because they were inspired to do so, it's warm and loving and means so much more. That is what God wants to do for us.

What God wants to know is, are we serving Him out of obligation, or are we serving Him simply out of love, just because?

God loves it when we do things for Him for no other reason than, “just because".  God then responds to show you how much He loves you, “just because".

Remember Jesus loves you; I love you, and you are awesome!