A Truth to Believe

What does it mean that God is Self-sufficient?

God is from himself—absolutely independent and completely self-sufficient. To say that God is self-sufficient means that he is all that he needs. He has no source, no need, and no lack. God simply is, and in himself he is sufficient for all things.

God’s self-sufficiency includes his self-existence. He is not dependent on creation in any way, nor did he create because he lacked something. He is altogether different from creation, yet he depends on none of it for his being or character. God possesses all power, all goodness, and perfect freedom to do whatever pleases him. He creates, governs, saves, and provides out of the fullness of his own sufficiency.

God does not need anything or anyone. He is the source, creator, and giver of all things—except evil and sin which are contrary to his nature. Lacking nothing, his sufficiency is of such degree that he actually overflows with goodness and grace to his creatures.

Though God does not need creation, he has ordained that it would glorify him and even bring him delight. He has chosen to give his creatures meaning in relation to himself. He does not need us, yet he delights in us, creates us to bring him joy, and works through us as part of his redemptive plan.

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. (Acts 17:24-25)

Something about Living

Your work isn't your identify. Yet it is an opportunity to glorify God with your vapor of a life.

A Quote

Wherever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand, in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science, he is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of his God, he is employed in the service of his God, he has strictly to obey his God, and above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.”

Abraham Kuyper in Lectures on Calvinism

A Resource

If you have ever wondered how you can run a business to the glory of God, then check out Wayne Grudem's book Business for the Glory of God.