God made us so we could glorify Him and have fellowship with Him (1 John 1:1-3). He made Adam and Eve and put them in the garden, and then He walked in fellowship with them. He gave them the greatest thing they could have, His love and presence. After they sinned, God said, “Adam, where are you?” God sought Adam. In Exodus 25:8, God said to Moses while Israel was in the wilderness, “And let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.” In the New Testament in John 1:14 it says, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt (tabernacled) among us…” God seeks our presence. He wants to have fellowship with us. In part, He made us so that He could give us His love and enjoy His presence. But, man sinned and separated himself from God. That is why Christ died for sins, that our fellowship with God would be restored.

However, God is not lack anything. He is completely self-sufficient. He did not create us because he was lonely or there was some deficiency within him. He created us as an extension of his great holy, perfect, and wonderful nature. We are not divine. We are creatures. Yet, He has loved us eternally and in the intra-Trinitarian communion, He has decreed that we will be saved through the sacrifice of Jesus. This sacrifice is the greatest act of love ever demonstrated (John 15:13).

• “Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made,” (Isaiah 43:7).
• “My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples,” (John 15:8).