I have always thought/said that we were created to worship God and bring Him the glory that he deserves, but yesterday I was prompted to delve deeper.

During Sunday School our teacher was talking about worship and many in the class said exactly what I was thinking and have said many times.

Then I found myself wondering if that was really the reason that God created us.

It says here in Genisis:

Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7 NIV)

And

The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. (Genesis 2:7, 15 NIV)

Then

My wife reminded me of this potential reason: “Man’s chief end is to glorify god and enjoy him forever.”

As I studied this this morning I began to wonder about the true reason for creation.

I recognize there are many Biblical goals, fruits, signs that we are truly Christ followers but what I realized this morning was that maybe, just maybe God created us simply because he wanted to.

That’s it.

The eternal Father with the Son and Holy Spirit created man in their image because they wanted to.

What an amazing concept. That the God of the universe just wanted to create something good. And he made me. And you.

How freeing an idea.

The concept that in the beginning God wanted to make great things. He started with the heavens and the earth. He ended with you and me.

What an amazing top 7 list to be on.

Could this possibly be the foreshadowing to the message of salvation? That there is nothing we could do to earn Gods favor. He simply created us because he wanted to and he saved us because he loves us and he is the only one able to save us.

I am not, nor do I claim to be a bible scholar. I am just someone interested in why my creator chose to make me, and you, and I am comforted by the fact that maybe he did it because he wanted to make something good, in His image.

So to everyone out there that feels like they have to live up to standard set for them either inside our outside the church I encourage you to seek the truth in the Bible and ask yourself why you were created. I urge you to take comfort when the bible says that you are fearfully and wonderfully made. To rest in the fact that there is a master artist that made a beautiful work. you.

THEN while understanding this, worship the God that made you! Praise the name of the everlasting father. Give glory to the king of kings to the master sculptor that decided to create something.

And he did and it is good.