When God asks, there is a reason for it
Luke 6:38 says “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you”. At first I thought this verse only meant we should be generous with others, but now I realize it also refers to our relationship with God.
Even though God doesn’t need us, He asks for love, faithfulness, reverence, respect. He also asks us to give up things, people or attitudes, or for us to start acting in a certain way, not on a whim, but because He wants and knows what’s best for us. Proverbs 14:12 says “There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death”.
And the more we give God, the more aligned we are to His plans and the more freedom He has to act in our lives. Proverbs 16:3 says “Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established”.