I (And YOU) have existed from eternity. The Bible says that "Before He formed me in the womb, He knew me" (Jeremiah 1:5). I existed before my birth in the form of the knowledge of God. Therefore, my existence then is separate from my living. To live and to exist are two separate things. Now on to life. Life is a gift. Only God with his creative power could bring human life into being. Consider the following:
- Gen. 2:7
- The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."
- Gen. 1:28
- "God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it
- Gen 4:1
- God in his wisdom uses human agents to bring individual human beings into this world, so that mothers today may say with Eve, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man."
- Acts 17:25
- "And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else."
Our existence is a reality; our life is a blessing freely given of a Wonderful skilled creator. What then is our purpose? I consider a recent conversation in which I exclaimed to my son that he was the spitten image of his father. This reality means that often, I think of the elder when presented with the junior as if my son's actions and expressions are a reflection of his father. Because of my human nature I sometimes find myself pleased with his father when my son conducts himself appropriately and conversely it is easiest to see his father's faults when he misbehaves (I don't limit this observation to one parent). Considering this; I am drawn to the knowledge that we are all made in the image of our Heavenly Father (Gen 1:26-27). Is it not then our purpose to glorify Him; so that others have a clear view of our Father through his creation?
