Imagine one of the world’s top investors offering you a full partnership in a business venture in which the only thing you bring to the deal is yourself? The investor brings the capital, the resources, provides the property. the inventory, the employees, and covers all the advertising. You get to manage the business and share in its success.

There is nothing in your résumé or past performance record that would recommend you for such a position. In fact, your portfolio is non-existent and your credit report is red-flagged. Yet the investor is ready to give you a full partnership, asking only that you agree to manage the business remaining faithful to its mission statement. On top of it all, you are given an unlimited line of credit and 24/7 access to a private phone number.

The business just happens to be your dream come true—the one thing you love to do—the opportunity of a lifetime that you never thought possible. Wow, what a deal! Who would make such an offer?

Well actually, God has. God offers just such a partnership to us. We come with nothing but ourselves. He comes with all the resources of Heaven. We bring nothing but liabilities. He offers unlimited assets. We bring our ignorance and incompetence. He brings His wisdom and abilities.

Oh, the foolishness of God. How unlike us to offer everything and get nothing in return. Or does He?

David understood something about this partnership. He said, “The Lord takes delight in his people. He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me” (Ps 149:4, 2; 2Sa 22:20, NIV).

Could it be that God wants to partner with you simply because He delights in you?