Why Did God Make Me?

 

God created people good and in his own image,

• that is, in true righteousness and holiness,
• so that they might truly know God their creator,
• love him with all their heart, 
• and live with God in eternal happiness,
• to praise and glorify him.

For the Bible tells me so...

Psalm 8

O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!

• Your glory is higher than the heavens.
• You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength,
• silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.

When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers -

• the moon and the stars you set in place -
• what are mere mortals that you should think about them, 
• human beings that you should care for them?

Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.

• You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority - 
• the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals,
• the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, 
• and everything that swims the ocean currents.

O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!

Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 3