First, God Made the World
Where did the world come from? Everybody seems to have a theory. Some people believe that matter always existed and found its way into its present form by a random series of events. Even life itself is the product of chance.
The Bible tells a different story. Fresh Before there was anything else in the world—before there was a world—there was God. People often say that God is kind or fair or great or large or powerful, and he is all of those things. But the main thing about God is that he loves. He cares about others.
As a triune being—three persons in one being—God has always had this feature to his personality. The Father loves the Son, the Son loves the Spirit, the Spirit loves the Father. And because God, by nature, wants relationships, he created the world and all the people in it. Though Christians often disagree about how the world was formed, we agree that God created everything that exists, including you.
Questions about how the world came into being are interesting, but the real question is why? Why are we here? What is the purpose of our world? Of our lives?
If the answer is that there is no reason, then all life is an accident, including yours. But if God had something in mind when he crated the world, if created us in his image—to love as he loves—then everything has a purpose, including your life.
Your life has a purpose. The world is not an accident, and neither are you. God created the world in order to make people. He made people in order to make you. He made you in order to love you.You are here for a reason.
You were made to love. You were created in God's image, and God is love. Our highest goal, our greatest purpose, is to love God and love others. Life is most fulfilling when we are able to set aside ourselves and do just that.
There is more than what you see. The universe is incredibly large, bigger than most of us can imagine. And there is something even beyond that. God created the world and is larger, more complex, more powerful than any created thing—and all created things.
If you had to describe God in just one word, what would it be?
