Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God (1 Cor 10:31). 

What is the chief end of man? What is the purpose of a human being given seventy or eighty years of life? Where do we come from and where are we going? These questions have always puzzled us. 

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky. 

We have learnt one thing since young. When we gaze upon the night sky, even the heavens declare the glory of God; For every design there is a designer, for every structure, there is an engineer — a divine engineer. 

We have a body. We marvel at the complexity of our body which is made up of trillions of cells. God has fashioned us from clay and shaped us after His own image; we have a mind. We are different from the monkeys; we are able to come out with sophisticated constructions and organizations; and we have a soul, which is breathed into us by God. Six and a half billion people in this world are created with a purpose, of whom out of them, come men and women who glorify God and are able to enjoy Him forever. 

According to the Westminster Confession of Faith, man's chief end is to glorify God, and to fully enjoy Him forever. Our God is not a terrifying being that we need to offer sacrifice to appease, but is rather a loving Father to whom we glorify. If there comes a time when we question the reason for going to church to worship Him, Psalm 50:23 gives a good answer: Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. May we be children of faith and worship him like how a child greets his father every morning. As we sing hymns together, we are enjoying Him. It is such a wonderful thing to sing hymns together with fellow believers in a godly, sober, uplifting and glorifying way. 

The “whatsoever” in 1 Corinthians 10:31 is a big “whatsoever” for it covers everything we do in life, in every of our encounters and interactions, behaviour and responses. We are not free bodies, God has put us here for a purpose. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's (1 Cor 6:19-20). We are a new creature, a new person in Christ, of which old things have passed away. It is so wonderful to belong to God. 

To glorify God is actually a very reasonable purpose. If God loves us so much as to sacrifice His son to save us from our sins, the least we can do is to glorify Him. We read in Romans 1 of how people, who thought that they are masters of their own destiny, refused to acknowledge God and fell into sins of all kinds — and we can see this happening in the present world too. The human race is fallen, dead in sins and is thus rebellious, but with God’s grace, we are to make known the name, glory and gospel of God. 

We are not here by chance, out of nothing or going nowhere. We are here for a purpose, and are to examine ourselves day by day, and in our plan for everyday, we should plan according to God’s will. God is love — He has made us, saw us fall in sin and has come for us. Christ is our greatest gift, so whether we are a student, a businessman or a housewife, we must glorify Him in everything we do, for we are bought with a price — the precious blood of Jesus, and are in this world but not of this world. Whatever we do, be it the vocabulary we use, the manner we think, the way we treat others, or even the manner we drive, we are to show Christian love and graciousness, demonstrating courtesy and a spirit of accommodation and giving. 

And not only can we enjoy Him now, we can enjoy Him forever, because Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is (1 John 3:2). For that day will come when Christ will take away the wretched man within us and we will be with Him in our glorified bodies, and realize that all the sufferings and persecutions we faced as Christians are all worth it. For Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created”  (Rev 4:11). Amen.