This passage of Scripture clearly teaches that all things were created by God. Further, all things were created for God's pleasure. The word pleasure there is the Greek word thelema, meaning "what one wishes or determines to be done."
Part of the "all things created" is us. You and I were created for His pleasure. At first, our minds go to some king or dictator seeing us as some jester or slave, but that is not reality. God does not treat us that way; yet, we were created for His pleasure.
There are many things created for our pleasure. A White Castle cheeseburger can be created for my pleasure. When it is, it is totally in my hands, soon in my mouth, and I am greatly pleased. The cheeseburger has no say in what happens, for it was created for my pleasure. A teenager will turn on his playstation, which has been created for his pleasure. The playstation will play and do whatever the young man tells it to; for it was designed for his pleasure.
We were designed for God's pleasure; yet, He doesn't make me do anything. God doesn't make me wear certain clothes or listen to certain music. God doesn't make me go to church or force me to tithe. He has the power to do so and the right to do so; yet, He doesn't make me. Too many Christians do these things, along with many more, trying to earn God's pleasure. If those things were the zenith of His pleasure, He would force us to do them. But, they are not.
So what is His pleasure? We were created for His pleasure, that is our purpose in life! If you are reading this and you have said (or are saying), "I have no purpose," or "What is my purpose?", I am about to share it.
You were created for His pleasure! So....what is His pleasure? He doesn't make you do a thing. God's pleasure is to have a relationship with us, and us allowing Him to be our pleasure! Let me explain. God gets pleasure in being our God! He desires to have a relationship with us (through salvation) and then to be the God we need Him to be.
Stop and think Who God is to you. Seriously, think of a one word answer to "Who is God to you?"
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Stop! Before you go on. I want to answer it for you. If you are saved and have answered this question, here is your answer: He is what you needed Him to be. For the person having grown up in a broken home, He is your Father. For the person who faced the hardest of times, He is your Strength. For the person who needed deliverance, He is your Salvation. For the person who was weak and almost done, He is your strength. For the pastor, He is your Life. For the addict, He is your Deliverer. I could go on, but you see, we were created for His pleasure; and His pleasure is to be our God...just the God we need. What a God!!!
How does this make me respond? I love Him, because He first loved me. I want to serve Him, because He gave all for me. I want to be holy, because He is holy. I choose to dress the way I do and listen to what I listen to, because...How could I not? I just want to please Him....and I and God get to share in His pleasure!
