So why exactly did God make the universe?

I am amazed at the way God reveals Himself to us through His word. When we determine to seek the face of God He reveals Himself to us little by little. He makes His word clearer. He lights up the way for us.

I used to ask myself why God created the universe. Today (11/01/2008) it became clear to me. He created all things for His pleasure (Rev 4:11). By getting this understanding I now know that God made me to please Him. That is my function. Whenever I go contrary to what He says I should do then I am malfunctioning.

I want to live my life to please Him. His limitless love, His goodness, His mercies are showered upon me day after day. This is where the hidden treasures are, where the fulfilment is where what we grope for in this world is. There is no joy in displeasing my maker, there is no life, no peace, no success. All that I need is in Him. In Him I live, move and have my being. In Him is where I find myself , the real me as he made me to be.

It is profound that God made me to be like Him, to have the same authority He has, the same dominion, here on earth. I am His child. Every living thing begets after its own kind. As a child of God that means I am like God. I am not only to reign now, but that is God’s purpose, that I reign together with Him.

Honestly, it feels like God just pulled the veil from my face so my eyes could see and perceive and understand. What is it like to be a child of God? What does it mean to be made in the image of God? I used to think of it physically, then later on emotionally, psychologically. It had not dawned on me that it also means having God’s authority vested in me, God’s power, reigning with Him. That is why it is worth all the effort and trouble to live for Him, to live to please Him as He desires, as He made me. To live a fulfilled life, to have the joy of the Lord, to have the peace of God which surpasses all understanding.

It makes so much sense to join myself to Him, to worship Him, to give Him all I have, to let Him be God in my life. He did not make me to be a slave to sin, a hopeless individual tossed around by all manner of troubles, a nobody going nowhere with her life. No! No! He made me to reign with Him, to exercise His power, His authority, His dominion. In short He made me to be like Him. I become like Him when I choose to live my life to please Him. When I choose to disregard all else that goes contrary to what He says, I please Him. So simple, but profound! I am so excited. The fulfilment of God’s desires will be established when Christ’s kingdom is established here on earth, and then we shall be reigning with Him, and He will be pleased.

Pachokwadi ndaa ndisati ndanyatsochibata! Chokwadi Mwari vakaoma. Iko kwandazochibatira, in those prophetic books Daniel and Revelations. Who would know what is hidden? Kutsvaka Mwari kunofadza chokwadi. Zvinobva zvangoti bhaa wotanga kunyatsonzwisisa.