Monday, July 25, 2011

"Why Do We Exist?"

Recently while studying with an individual with little to no biblical background, they asked me why God was so vain in wanting us to worship and adore Him? In their mind, they saw the God of us and the creation around us as self-absorbed! It might come across that way to those who know little to nothing about the God of Scripture but then we might find ourselves asking maybe He is?
God is always right in wanting our praise and adoration. But God is a Creator! As our Creator He wants fellowship, joy-filled lives and communion. That might be hard for us to grasp. Psa. 136 speaks of God's creation is out of love. God created us with Jesus in mind, to be like Jesus, immortal and splendid while living a life full of righteousness and joy (Rom. 8:29-30).
God created us in His image! We were put here to reflect His character, activity and purpose. God calls us to be righteous, holy and thankful. That's all His character and image! To think that God calls us to Himself because He is vain or self-absorbed is missing God altogether. We were created to enjoy His life and share in His life.
We are here because God loves us. God has no self-identity crisis nor is He vain. He simply created us to enjoy one another. We can reject the purpose of why we were created and the reason He went to such lengths to have fellowship with us, to share in His life. It doesn't matter if we try to cheapen Him or reason why in our minds. None of these things changes the way God feels and desires for each of us. Just read Phil. 2:5-8 and we can see the heart of God, the desire of God in Jesus. He is not self-absorbed!
One day the host of mankind will get a glimpse of why God created us, seeing our own self-absorbing ways, our dishonoring lives and settling for just existing. It will be a day of extreme sadness...even beyond that, a day of eternal sadness. If only we would surrender and truly seek the God who placed His image on us and calls us through His Son to Himself for an eternal joy and love. That's why we exist!

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