Created For?

In my last post really wanted to make the point that; because God is a worshiper, and we are created in His image, we too are worshipers. What I fear did not come across is the point that God did not create us to worship.

This seemingly harmless idea; that we were created to give glory, proclaim reputation, or otherwise worship God, may seem to make sense at first glance. In fact, if you don't think about it this idea seems beneficial to us who want to inspire others to a life of worship. However, if this idea is lived out, and the logic followed through we will find that God becomes this Geppetto-like character who has created humanity to fulfill His own needs and desires. Even worse, for those that equate worship with singing or music, the notion of heaven is that our whole existence is wrapped up in the tedious task of constantly creating the noise of quote worship. The flaw in this idea is that God has no need for worship. He is already constantly worshiping, pouring Himself into Himself and creation. For us to believe that God created us to fulfill a need, the need to be worshiped, is to make God less than fully God, self-sustaining, self-sufficient, all-surpassing, complete.

Humanity has a natural desire to be a part of something bigger than ourselves, because God did create that in us. I don't know for sure what that is, but I do know for sure that we were not created to fulfill a need of worship in our Creator. What do you think we were created for?