Why You Exist

"He created everything there is. Nothing exists that he didn't make. Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone." John 1:3


This mere existence of you and me is a big deal. We were not made to just exist. We were made for a reason. You and I were made by the very hands of God. He breathed life into us. He wrote out our life stories and placed the finishing period at the very end.

"Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed." Psalm 139:16


Can you imagine sitting next to Him as He writes out every detail? What would those moments be like? What words would you see Him writing out?  Look at your life up to this point, how has it played out thus far? Now imagine God writing them out with full knowledge of what you would and wouldn't do.

Eye opening isn't it?

We often overlook, ignore, or simply excuse the very fact that God created ALL things. Now understand me, God created all things, and human hands turned many of those things into evil.

Even our very lives we have turned over to sin, instead of to God, our Creator. We often hear comments, "If God is the God of love why do bad things happen to good people? Why is there so much sorrow, death, hurt, and illness?"

Well it all goes back to the beginning when two people, who were created by God, chose to listen to the enemy and eat the apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

"You may freely eat any fruit in the garden except fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. If you eat of its fruit, you will surely die." Genesis 2:16-17


But none of that is the point, well it is the point, just not here, not at this moment. The point is for us to comprehend that we were created by God and FOR God. The point today is for us to understand that everything that exists He made.

How can we utter a word of pride about what we have, what we have accomplished or who we are? We can't when we understand our very existence came from God Himself. We can't when we understand that all we have is from God Himself.

We take a lot of credit for things that are not ours in the first place.

"Christ is the one through whom God created everything in heaven and earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see-kings, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities. Everything has been created through him and for him. He existed before everything else began, and he holds all creation together." Colossians 1:16-17


All too often we get caught up in believing that, in this existence, we should be able to do what we want, when we want, how we want, and with who we want. We get caught up in the here and now of pleasing ourselves. Brethren this existence of you and I is not so we can do what we want. Our existence is for Him and because of Him.

Maybe I can put it another way. God created us and sent His Son to die for us. He did both of those things for you and me.

He found you to be of importance, thus creating you. He found your life to be of importance, thus dying for you.

Jesus thank You for choosing me to exist for You. Amen