NT Promises146: Created for God’s Pleasure

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

We make God happy! That’s quite a statement to make; and quite a truth to believe. When we believe this promise and live accordingly, it changes our lives and how we think of ourselves. This promise reveals the very purpose of our existence: to give God pleasure! This is the surprising answer to the fundamental question of human life: Why was I born? Why do I exist? Why am I alive? What am I here for? What’s the purpose of it all? The simple and correct answer: to give God pleasure.

Not only me and all human beings, but all things, were created to give glory and pleasure to the Creator God. The universe was created for one purpose: to place a habitable earth in it; the earth was created for one purpose: to place one of you and me on it; and people were created for God, more specifically, to please God and bring Him joy.

But we failed God’s purpose: instead of pleasure, we displeased God and brought on His wrath and judgment. But God’s purpose would not be thwarted: He Himself entered the created world as one of us to take His wrath and displeasure over our sin upon Himself. Through His Son, the promised Christ, He restored us to His good graces and by faith He is pleased with us again.

The interesting aspect of this promise is that the Lord takes such an interest in each one of us. God is interested in our lives, what we do, what we decide, where we go, how we live, how we react, and all the good works we do (actually, the good he does in us). Nothing we do, say, or think escapes His notice. Although God knows in advance, it still gives Him pleasure to see it all unfold in our our life in time and space. And we are pleased to make God well pleased with us.