WHY WERE WE CREATED?

Hebrews 13:15 (NIV) “Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.”

Why were we created? The answer is simpler then we might guess. According to the Bible we were created for several very important reasons.

We were created to glorify God ... "I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever." - Psalm 86:12

We were created to enjoy God ... As a result of our glorifying God, we find that we enjoy God and delight in knowing God. The Bible says that we were also created to be filled with joy.

"I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." - John 10:10

"In your [God's] presence there is fullness of joy, in Your [God's] right hand are pleasures for evermore." - Psalm 16:11
“In commanding us to glorify Him, God is inviting us to enjoy Him.” - C.S. Lewis

And God rejoices in us ... As a result of our glorifying God and enjoying Him, God in turn rejoices over us.

"… so shall your God rejoice over you." - Isaiah 62:5

God "will rejoice over you with gladness, He will renew you in His love; He will exalt over you with loud singing as on a day of festival." - Zephaniah 3:17-18

What does it mean to glorify God? How do we glorify God? It means to bring Him honor through what we say, how we act, and how we think. To glorify God means to acknowledge His glory and to value it above all things. To glorify God means we make it known to others. To glorify God means we have a heartfelt gratitude. We glorify God through our faith (trust). We glorify God through our love. We glorify God through our desire to obey Him (our obedience). We glorify God through our desire to know Him.

"We are cruel to ourselves. We try to live in this world without knowing about the God whose world it is and Who runs it. The world becomes a strange, mad, painful place, and life in it a disappointing and unpleasant business, for those who do not know about God. Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded, as it were, with no sense of direction and no understanding of what surrounds you. In this way you can waste your life and lose your soul.” - J.I. Packer (Knowing God)

WALK WITH THE KING TODAY AND BE A BLESSING!

(The information for today’s devo was taken from www.mtainfo.com, aka, Mission to America.)