Psalm 40:6-8

"You take no delight in sacrifices or offerings.
Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand—
you don’t require burnt offerings or sin offerings.

Then I said, “Look, I have come. As is written about me in the Scriptures:
I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your instructions are written on my heart.”
(New Living Translation)

"Doing something for you, bringing something to you— that's not what you're after.
Being religious, acting pious— that's not what you're asking for.

You've opened my ears so I can listen.

So I answered, "I'm coming. I read in your letter what you wrote about me,
And I'm coming to the party you're throwing for me."

That's when God's Word entered my life, became part of my very being. " (The Message)

It's so hard to put away "works". The kind that says -maybe God will love me now.

If ever I could stop the games and just embrace His love.

RP