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"Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago." Isaiah 25:1

God has a plan. He has one for His creation, and He has one specific to you. Nothing that God does is random or without design, including the creation of mankind. In this lesson, we will examine God’s purpose for creating us as mankind, and as individuals.

From the very beginning, we can see that God had a plan for the creation of man. Genesis 1:26 tells us that God made man in his image, and with the express purpose of having man rule over God’s creation. God desired a relationship with man, and man had a purpose—all before anything was made. We are not an accident of evolution; we are human beings created to fulfill the purpose that God has given us, and we are to glorify God in the process.

God begins to show us that purpose in Genesis 1:28. Read the following scriptures and note what they tell us about God’s purpose for mankind, and His specific purpose for you.

1. Genesis 1:26-28, "Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’ So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’"
   1. ANSWER: We are created to rule over God’s creation, and we are to be "fruitful," to multiply, and to increase in number in order to "fill the earth and subdue it." These are two purposes for us that God called out the day that He created us.
2. Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
   1. ANSWER: God intends for us to prosper, and He provides us hope and an eternal future.
3. Psalm 8:4-6, "what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned the with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet."
   1. ANSWER: We have been crowned with glory and honor and are rulers over the rest of God’s creation.
4. Psalm 57:2 (ESV), "I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me."
   1. ANSWER: God has a specific purpose planned for you. All you need to do is surrender your life to Him and allow Him to fulfill that purpose in you.
5. Ephesians 2:10, "For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
   1. ANSWER: God has prepared us to do His "good works."
6. Psalm 139:13-16, "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earthy. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."
   1. ANSWER: God has a plan for each person.
7. Micah 6:8, "He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."
   1. ANSWER: We are instructed how we are to live in order to fulfill God’s purpose in our lives, i.e., by acting justly, being merciful, and walking humbly before God.
8. Matthew 22:37-38, "Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment."
   1. ANSWER: Putting God first in our life is paramount to fulfilling our purpose in life.
9. Ecclesiastes 12:13, "Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind."
   1. ANSWER: As part of our creation by God, we were given the duty of revering God and keeping His commandments.
10. 1 Corinthians 10:31, "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."
    1. ANSWER: We are created for the glory of God.
11. Isaiah 43:7, "Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."
    1. ANSWER: Again, we are created for God’s glory.

Never for a moment doubt that God has forgotten you, or that your life has no meaning or purpose. When we turn our eyes to Jesus, he comforts us, encourages us, and he is always there beside us—this is all because he loves us. He loves us enough to have given his life on the cross to die for our sins, and to bring us hope, peace, and an eternal home with him. We are not simply clones that God created and is now sitting back waiting to see what happens with us and to us. Rather, He has a purpose for each of us and will reveal that to us if we seek Him with all our hearts.

Again, consider the following scriptures and note what they tell us about God’s purpose for mankind, and His specific purpose for you.

12. Luke 10:27, "He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind;’ and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’"
    1. ANSWER: We are, above all else, to love God and to love our neighbor just as God loves us. This in and of itself reflects God’s purpose for us. He also instructs us to do this with "all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind." When we do this, God will reveal himself to us—and through us to others—and we will see that God indeed has a purpose for each of us.
13. Psalm 121:2, "My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth" (emphasis mine).
    1. ANSWER: Who else would we turn to but God, "the maker of heaven and earth." Who better to know what purpose He has for each of us than God who made us. Trying to find purpose in this world through man’s wisdom is foolish. Only God, the God who created you, knows what that purpose is and how He will fulfill it through you. Turn to God and you will find purpose—His purpose—for your life.
14. Matthew 7:7, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."
    1. ANSWER: In Matthew, Jesus teaches us that if we want to understand our purpose we must first draw near to God and to accept Jesus as our savior. When we do, Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, will provide the answers that we seek, and the door to understanding will be opened.
15. James 1:16-18, "Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created."
    1. ANSWER: God created us as the pinnacle of His creation, and He wants to bestow only good "gifts" to us.

God is a God of purpose, a God of design, and above all He is a God of love. He has a purpose and a plan for your life. All you need do is seek Him and he will reveal it to you.

Have a great week everyone!

In Christ,

Wes

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