Why did God create us?

http://youtu.be/Pt7OZyBj5Ik - Who Am I - Casting Crowns

Why did God create us?  I guess we'll never fully know the answer.  But this article sheds some light on that age-old question.  http://www.icr.org/articles/view/537/215/  The article below is from the Institute of Creation Research website.

The answer to why did God create us might be easier to understand if we ask ourselves this question:



Richey, Amber, Jayce and Bryce



Why do we choose to have children?

My answer is not unlike God's answer in Revelation 4:11.  I decided to have children for my own pleasure.    As a parent, the love I have  for my children is probably the closest I'll ever get to unconditional love - to God's love.  Being able to lavish that kind of love on my children brings me immeasurable joy.  Watchng my children, interacting with them, loving them, all these things bring me great pleasure.  I think that's how God feels about us.   



Mikey, Jill, Brooklyn and Presley

 When we make a decision to have children, we understand the risks.  And we know that eventually, they will come to the end of their lives.  Why do we decide to have a child when we know that child is destined to die?  They may even have to suffer through illness, disease, hurtful relationships, all kinds of hardship.  In fact, they will endure some of those things, yet we still decide to bring our children into the world.  Why?  So that we can experience the incredible love they bring.  We want to love them, and we pray that they will love us back.  That special relationship between a parent and a child is worth the risk.


I think that's why God created us.  The love He feels for us brings Him so much joy, it's worth the risks.

Love - that's the reason God created us.

http://youtu.be/oWnvmKoLWUU - The Love of God - MercyMe


"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created."  Revelation 4:11

Why did God Create Us?


by John D. Morris, Ph.D.

Some things cannot be fully comprehended. Infinite things, eternal things, matters of God's sovereignty—these transcend our finite and temporal minds. For example, why did He create us? Certainly He doesn't need us, for He existed in perfect love and unity before He even created time. Furthermore, He even knew beforehand that His image, recreated in man, would reject Him and His Kingship over their lives, resulting in unthinkable pain and suffering and death of all things placed in man's dominion. He foresaw ruinous mutations, debilitating injuries, devastating cancer, etc., as consequences. We can only approach an answer to this unanswerable question by following the hints given in Scripture.

In a more ultimate sense, God knew that man's sin would force His only begotten Son to die an unthinkably horrid death in sacrificial payment for man's sin, and that ungrateful man would even carry out the execution, for Scripture identifies His Son as "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Revelation 13:8). In order to accomplish this fully sufficient sacrifice, the Son willingly set aside aspects of His deity, and "took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men" (Philippians 2:7), willingly limiting Himself to bodily form. Why would He do this? If we had not been created, it would not have been necessary. Why did He create us?


While we can never fully answer the question, it helps to recognize that the answer will come only as we recognize the character and attributes of God. First and foremost, God is a God of love, and love must be demonstrated by showering it upon the object of that love. His grace comes only to those who deserve punishment, and the demonstration of His love and grace and mercy stands without parallel among humans.

But in His love He desired reciprocal love, so He created man in His own image. Man was given the ability to respond to God's love or reject it. In the beginning man enjoyed full fellowship with God, but soon rejected Him, bringing the ruination of all creation. This wasn't God's intention, so He implemented His plan for creation to fulfill its intended purpose.

Perhaps the grandest statement of His purpose can be found in Revelation 4:11, where we see heavenly beings gather in His praise, saying, "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." And there we have it! God created us for His pleasure, for His ultimate good will, because it is best in His estimation.

Unfortunately, the present world with sin and its penalty permeating all things and processes, temporarily experiences postponement of His ultimate plan, but it will not be forever thwarted. There will be the "new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness" (II Peter 3:13) once again. This is His plan, purpose, and pleasure.

Thus, it makes sense that He would have created things as stated in Scripture, in an orderly, rapid fashion. He would not have used billions of years to create in His image, and He certainly would not have used death, pain, extinction, and survival of the fittest. These are the results of sin and bring Him no pleasure at all.

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Thank You Father for creating us.  Thank You for Your immeasurable love and patience towards us.  Thank You for allowing us, Your creation, to call You our Father.  I'm so sorry for all the times I must disappoint you with my bad choices and rebelliousness. I could never stand in Your Holy Presence on my own merit but Your great love made a way.  Thank You for sending Your precious Son to save me.  Thank You, Jesus, for covering me with Your righteousness so that I can bow before the Throne of our gracious God, spotless and worthy of His love, not because of anything I've done but because of Your great love and mercy.  You are worthy of all my praise and devotion.  Be glorified in my life, LORD.  Use me for Your Kingdom.  I am Yours.  In the Precious Name of Jesus Christ, my Redeemer, my Savior.  Amen.

http://youtu.be/ggGwDrxrC2k - God's love letter