Why you!

Every blade of grass, every drop of water, every flower and shrub, every planet and star, every person and angel, was once a thought in the mind of God. When we come to realize that God is our Creator it gives us a sense of purpose and responsibility.

Look around you and see if you can find the purpose things were made.

Why was a pen made?

Why was a cup made?

Why was a house made?

Each item that man has made has been for a purpose. The pen was made to write, the cup was made to hold liquids so that we could drink out of it, and the house was made to live in and shelter us from the elements. Each item has a purpose.

Now we can use these items for others things other than their true purpose but what ends up happening is the product gets destroyed because it was not made for that purpose. As an example, I could use my pen to pry open a cupboard door or the cup to carry rocks inside of it or the house to keep a cow inside. I can use these items for these purposes but it ends up destroying the product.

God creates man when He says in Genesis 1:26 - 27, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, 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."

Now when God created man, He created him for a purpose. What is the purpose of man? Why were you made?

In 1 Corinthians 10:31 it says what is the purpose of man. "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."

The Westminster Shorter Catechism of 1648 stated it this way: Question: What is the chief end of man?
Answer: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and enjoy Him forever.

So how do we glorify God?

In Jeremiah 9:23 - 24 it says, "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight." says the LORD.

Our Creator God wants us to bring honor and glory to Him by listening and doing what He wants to accomplish in our lives. He wants us to care for this earth, and the people and animals upon it, while enjoying Him in love and obedience.

So there is no real happiness for man except to believe in God as absolute sovereign, and is recognized as such. As we learn to put our full trust in our Sovereign God we experience the peace of God which surpasses all understanding.

The glory of God is the most valuable purpose in the universe. We could not have a higher purpose. If we were to do some great project or to build some great building eventually it would be completed and we would be a people without a purpose. But to give glory to our Creator is an eternal experience and a higher more nobler cause cannot be found.

Praise the LORD!