state and forever demands the dependence of all those who are united to Christ. In view of God’s independence and self-sufficiency, perhaps we wonder, why would he care about or bother with us if he remains entirely without need? God created us not because he needed us but because he loved us. He loved simply because he chose to do so. He loves us so fully that his desire for us is not so much that we live the “purpose-driven life” but that we live a wholly dependent life. If Christ had