God’s Master Plan
Imagine that you have been chosen to take a special trip with NASA to never-visited-before stars and galaxies. After you endure astronaut training, you suit up, then blast off traveling the speed of light toward the star “Alpha Centauri.” This star is four and a half light years away, or about 250,000 times the distance to the sun.
When you reach Alpha Centauri, you think about the birthday cake you are going to eat when you get back home because 4-1/2 years have passed. You could have traveled to the moon in one and a half seconds, or the sun in eight and a half minutes, but the Alpha trip sounded more exciting.
After stopping by Alpha Centauri, you zip through the Andromeda Galaxy, which is more than 1.5 million light years away. On the way there, you read astronomy magazines and you learn that there are other more distant galaxies that are visible through telescopes and are 6,500 million light years away! You also learn that the sun is so large that 1 million spheres of the earth could fit inside it if it were hollow—but it’s not the biggest star. You find out that some stars are so huge that 500 million spheres of the sun could fit inside each one if they were hollow!
On the way back to earth, you marvel at the 100 million stars in your home galaxy—and that the sun is just one of them. When you think about the wonder of creation, that there are at least 100 million galaxies that telescopes can see—and many more beyond, you feel very small—and God seems very big.
The Crown of Creation
It seems that it would have been enough for God to declare His glory through the stars—but He didn’t stop there. Instead, after he created the heavens and the earth, the Bible says that he created something even more amazing.
God scooped up some dirt from the ground he had made and formed the very first man. It was a sacred moment. Adam was a first edition. Nothing like this had been made before—ever. God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness. . .” (Gen. 1:26). So he bent over the lifeless Adam and breathed into Him to give man His spirit. He imparted Himself to man. Like a mother is a part of a child.
A holy hush traveled through heaven. Nothing else had ever been like it. This was God’s crown creation, the spirit of the Almighty wrapped in human flesh. The breath of God in man. The Bible tells us in Hebrews 2:7, “You made them a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor.”
In Psalm 139, the Psalmist says that you are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” To be fearfully and wonderfully made means that you are beyond figuring out. You are a divine mystery of God. You are God’s fingerprint.
Why Did He Do It?
If God wanted to remain silent about his existence, He wouldn’t have bothered creating the stars; He wouldn’t have made the Milky Way or Betelgeuse. In fact, He wouldn’t have made the Majestic Rocky Mountains, or the oceans. He wouldn’t have created the intricacy of a single cell or the magnificence of the hummingbird. If His goal was to remain quiet and anonymous, He wouldn’t have created anything at all.
But instead, He spoke a smorgasbord for our senses into existence. Wonder for our eyes, beauty for our ears, fragrances for our noses, and rapture for our hearts. His creation screams about His unseen beauty; it shouts about His unseen qualities and His magnificence.
God didn’t remain anonymous because He didn’t want to. Rather, He wanted to display His glory throughout the universe as His gift to man. The Bible says, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands” (Psalm 19:1). Anything less grand would not have been a true representation of Himself—of His indescribable, unfathomable, indefinable glory. Through His creation God wants us to know that He has no contenders—He wants to be glorified. This is His No. 1 priority!
In the same way that God created the universe to display His glory, God created you to display His glory, too. So you are an integral part of God’s Master Plan, to have a love relationship with Him and to make it your life’s work to display His glory through everything that you do.
Ask yourself a question. Is my life displaying God’s glory? If not – what can I do to magnify Him?
Think about it.
Love this!!!
Good morning Betty. I am glad that you enjoyed today’s Blog Post. God is so awesome it is really hard to fathom His wonder, but looking around us at the beauty of His creation sure gives us a clue. Have a great day! Mike
When I think about those things I always get awe moments! Our God is so great and so glorious! And to think that He still loves me, a sinner saved by grace. That after all I’ve done, He died for me. No other god has done these things. Why worship man made gods when we cAn worship, love, and be loved by with Creator?!
Have a blessed day!
As for the questions, I try my best, but many times fall short. I am glad He is faithful to forgive and is patien with me. I learn from each experience and keep pressing on. I’ve only been a Christian for 4 years (in January) but I am so glad that the Holy Spirit got me the way He did. I have learned so much and continuously seek his truth to apply to my life as well as others.
Thank you for your blog. It’s been great reading your posts
Ashley – I so agree with your comment ‘why worship man made gods when we can worship, love and be loved by our Creator’. That sums it up really well. We were designed by God, in His image, with His spirit living within us. Our fulfillment will only come when we abide in Him and live for His glory. Thank you so much for your insightful comment. Have a great day! Mike
I loved the statement…..God’s master plan is to have a relationship with Him and to make our life’s work display His glory through everything that we do.
Good questions to ask ourselves:
Is my life really displaying God’s glory? I think it’s all about my motive….am I doing what I’m doing for the right reason? Am I drawing people toward God? Is it honoring to God? Or am I just looking for a pat on the back?
Michele, this is a great question for all of us to daily ask ourselves – are we letting pride creep into our lives and is it becoming about us or are we lifting Him up. Psalms 10:4 says “In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.” I think that is why God hates pride so much because it kills our relationship with Him. Thank you for reminding us of such an important trap we all must be on guard against. Have an awesome day!
Hi Mike –
Beautifully written…the visuals your create with your words are magnificant.
And yes – we are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made…and God has done so for a very specifc, uniquely planned, one-of-a-kind purpose in his Kingdom.
Knowing that…the questioin we all must then answer is – Now What???
For it is in the discovery of that answer that we are able to do as it says in John 17:4… to glorify the Father by completing the work He has given us to do!
Blessed by your work…love your blog!
Pam – isn’t it interesting that God designed and created us with a yearning and desire that can only be filled by not just knowing Him but also pursueing the mission He has created us for. It is in pursuing our calling that we truly find extroidinary joy in our life. I pray for you that God will reveal clearly his personal mission that only you can accomplish. Mike
Yes a wonderful question for each of us to ponder for day to day. I myself, struggle with this daily for I feel a draw but my normal life with my family and job seem to drain me….trying to balance life and get on a different track where more is about God and less about myself and my lifestyle. Satan really attacks us through everyday life and the drain of it! The daily temptaions! The “wants” of life that suck our money away…..etc….. Mike, thank you for taking the time to share this and for your minsitry. So excited to get the daily blogs. Yes, God is using you, thank you Mike. My prayers is now that God will help me be HIS vessel daily!
Tressa – I am so glad that the blogs are a blessing to you. As we focus on the purposes God has called us to and engage in that which he has gifted us for the burdens of this life become so much easier as we walk in His strength, not our own. I pray that you will find His strength to fulfill all that He has called you to do. Keep your eyes on Him and the eternal glory that awaits we who are His. Have a great day, Mike.
This is awesome to be reminded that I am created in His image and I carry in me His glorious spirit. Amen!
Good morning Neville, I am so glad that you pointed out how awesome it is that the God of the Universe resides with us and in us through His Holy Spirit. Wow. Amazing that God our Father would grant us this precious gift of His mercy, grace and love!
Yes, this was wonderful. I love Him so much, and to continue falling in love with Him step-by-step, day-by-day is the best thing that has lead me through my circumstances. Desiring to be pleasing to His sight gives me hope, and peace.
Thank you,
Mike