We Were Created According To HIS Will And Purpose, For HIS Pleasure And Glory.

Why are we here? What is our purpose?

(Frank Hall)

"In the beginning GOD created 
the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1

Before there was a Milky Way--

there was GOD!

Before there were galaxies, solar systems, 

constellations, and nebulae--

there was GOD!

Before Mercury, Venus, and Mars 

were plugged into their sockets--

there was GOD! 

Before Polaris was fastened 

above the North Pole--

there was GOD! 

Before Orion the hunter had 

a belt, and Saturn had its rings--

there was GOD; all alone, perfect and 

content, glorious in HIS solitary existence 

as the eternal I AM!

Before there was a sun, a moon, or an earth;

before there was grass to clothe the field, 

and flowers to adorn it;

before the mountains were brought forth, 

and the sea filled the depths;

before the eagle soared through the sky, 

and the fish swam through the sea;

before angels, devils, and men had their being--

there was GOD alone!

If we would understand things aright, 

we must not begin with man, but with GOD, 

for HE is the beginning of all things. 

To begin with man is folly, 

for man is but a creature--

a production of the Creator. 

We must back up and begin 

where the Bible begins, with GOD!

GOD'S people know, and have always 

known, what continues to baffle the minds 

of the scholars and scientists of our day, 

that "in the beginning GOD created 

the heavens and the earth." 

Through faith, GOD'S people 

understand the mystery of creation. 

I ask you, "Why are we here? What is 

our purpose? What is GOD'S purpose?" 

Can we even know the answer 

to these questions? Indeed we can.

The twenty four elders seated around 

GOD'S throne in Heaven give us 

the answer in Revelation 4:10-11, 

"The twenty-four elders fall down before HIM 
who sits on the throne and worship HIM who 
lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns 
before the throne, saying: YOU are worthy, 
O LORD, to receive glory and honor and power; 
for YOU created all things, and for YOUR 
pleasure they exist and were created!"
(Revelation 4:10-11)

You, me, angels, animals, plants, rocks, and 

all other things, exist and were created for one reason--

the pleasure of the CREATOR. We were created 

according to HIS will and purpose, for HIS 

pleasure and glory.

GOD did not create the Heaven and the earth 

arbitrarily. HE created them to be the stage 

upon which HE would perform HIS eternal 

purpose of grace, and reveal all the wonders 

of HIS goodness and mercy toward HIS elect. 

It is upon the stage of time, that GOD displays 

HIS eternal purpose and shows forth HIS glory 

in the salvation of chosen sinners. HE created 

this world for the salvation of HIS people, that they 

would be recovered from their sin by HIS almighty grace.

"I am GOD, and there is no other; I am GOD, 
and there is none like ME. Declaring the end 
from the beginning, and from ancient times 
things that are not yet done, saying: 
MY counsel shall stand, and I will do all 
MY pleasure!" Isaiah 46:9-10 

 
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