| God's Plan: Relationship - God loves us and
made each one of us for the purpose of having a personal and close
relationship with Him (1 John 4). We are made in the image of God
(Genesis 1:26), which makes each one of us and our lives unique and
valuable. Because God is our creator, He has the right to design us and
make us for His purposes (Genesis 1:28) to follow and obey His will –
not ours (Matthew 6:9-15). This is why God gave each of us a conscience
to warn us when we are outside of God’s will and to affirm that God has a
universal standard of morality for His creation (Romans 2:15).
The reason why each one of us value
and seek human relationships is because God designed each one of us for
the purpose of having relationships, but the ultimate plan and design of
God was for us to have a relationship with Him (Matthew 22:37, John
17:3, 1 John 5:20). For this reason, God granted each one of us with
special gifts and abilities to be used to serve God and glorify God (1
Peter 4:11). Thus, God’s plan and our purpose in life is to love Him
supremely by knowing, serving Him, pleasing, and worshipping Him now and
forever (Matthew 4:10).
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