Why am I here?

This worldview question is important but most often ignored.

Here are four reasons we ignore answering this question: 

1. It seems we can never know the answer.
2. It seems the answer most often offered makes us uncomfortable.
3. It seems the incomplete answer we provide for ourselves is enough.
4. It seems the answer is irrelevant because, really, there is no answer.

For Christians, the answer to this question is simple: I am here to glorify God.

“I will say to the north,

give up,

and to the south, do

not withhold;

bring my sons from afar

and my daughters from

the end of the earth,

every one who is called

by my name,

whom I created for

my glory,

whom I formed

and made.”

Isaiah 43:6-7

“In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his own will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.”

Ephesians 1:11-12

"For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen."

Rom. 11:36

". . . for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body."

1 Cor. 6:20

"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."

1 Cor. 10:31

“All the nations you have made shall come

    and worship before you, O Lord,

    and shall glorify your name.

For you are great and do wondrous things;

    you alone are God.

Teach me your way, O Lord,

    that I may walk in your truth;

    unite my heart to fear your name.

I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,

    and I will glorify your name forever.”

Ps. 86:9-12