Why Did God Create Us?

Why did God create us?  The answer is two-fold.  First, He created you because He loves you.  This makes you very special.  Second, the apostle Paul writes in Colossians 1:16,

“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.”

We were created for Him!  We can think that God exists for us, but on the contrary we actually exist for God and His delight.  All things we created by Him and for Him.  Now we can get offended by this and think that since God created humanity for His benefit and not ours is a selfish thing.  But we need to get over ourselves and realize that all of creation (humanity included) is part of God’s big picture.  This big picture or story if you will was created for God and He has invited all of us to be part of this story.  He has not chosen us to be the main characters, but he has chosen us to play a big part in this story.  That’s something that should instill an enthusiasm in your heart and soul.  The infinite God who created all things and is bigger than all of creation has chosen little ole you and me to be part of His BIG story.

Consider the words of Job 10:9 – 12 

“Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?  You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.”

          God has taken great care in creating you.  He has not given up on you and He does not want us to give up on Him!  He did not cast us away, but found value in each one of us and He has poured His love down on us, so let’s seize the day and live our lives for Him.

Am I A Mistake?

“How did I get here?”

“Why am I here?”

“What is the meaning to life?”

“Is my life significant?”

“Do I have a purpose?”

“Is there more to life than what I am currently experiencing?”

          These are some questions you may have right now and there are times I ask them myself.  They are good and meaningful questions with no easy answer.  But they do have answers.  

          How did we get here?  Did life just begin as a flash of lightning hit a puddle of mud and created a living organism and after billions of years humanity evolved from this organism?  Are we the descendants of fish, monkeys and half man half ape creatures?  Personally I see the Bible holding the answer to this question.  Genesis 1:26, 27 says,

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

          I want to key in on a word that is used a couple of times… created.  How did you come to be?  God created you; that’s how.  But God didn't just throw together a bunch of sludge and POOF! you came in to existence.  No, we are told that God created man in His image and in His likeness.  He took great care in creating you.  You are in fact a creation of the Almighty God and you are created in His image.  Isn't this amazing?  When understand and believe this it adds so much value to you as a person.  

Think of it this way.  If you are indeed an evolved ape, fish, monkey man who came into existence by accident and chance; then what value is there to you life?  You are an accident with no purpose or value... You are an accident of nature.  But when you come to terms with the biblical truth that you are a special and intricate creation of God it adds so much more value to who you are.   You are not an accident.  You are a child of God created in his image.

This is amazing, and it excites me!