“What are we here for” or “Under-developed thoughts on me and God”
// August 7th, 2008 // No Comments » // theology, unfinished thoughts
I had an interesting conversation with Matt (works at Westside) a couple weeks ago. Some of the ideas floated into my message last weekend but definitely weren’t completely developed or (truthfully) ready for primetime.
The conversation centered around the fairly weighty topic of the meaning of life, or more specifically the purpose of life. What are we here for in terms of our relationship to our creator? Classically the church has answered that with any number of variations on the theme of; humanity exists to glorify God.
But that got me (and Matt, sorry to implicate you in my wonderings) wondering about what that does to the character of God. At some level the idea that an omnipotent creator would create for the sole purpose of having his creations praise him does seem a bit narcissistic. Almost as if God was feeling a bit unsure of himself and needed some positive reinforcement. Though, I suppose that, if anyone in the universe could be excused for a sense of narcissism, it would be God.
(more…)
