Why does He do it?

“A union of the three takes place, through God extending the power, which proceeds from himself through the spirit, which is the middle term, as far as the subject. Why does he do this, except that we may thus derive a proper notion of him?”

 I found this to be a very interesting statement when talking about how God “breathed” life into man. To ask “why does he do this” is honestly to ask why we even exist as humans. As non-honors as it may seem, this actually reminded me of a C.S. Lewis quote I saw on twitter. He said “Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man does not exist for his own sake.” Talk about a reality check for those of us who thought we were any kind of important. Still, when I read this passage of Philo, what Lewis said makes a lot more sense. What other reason could God possibly justify creating us for other than to glorify Him in everything we do. In a sense, God would be robbing us of potential joy if he gave us anything else to pursue because He truly is the only eternally worthwhile pursuit. He has a righteous duty to himself to glorify himself. And this very act is done by that breath. He goes on to say that “human intellect would not have dared to mount up to such a height as to lay claim to the nature of God, if God himself had not drawn it up to himself.” This concept truly continues to blow my mind over and over, that God creating us and allowing us to suffer the messes of this world is by deepest nature an act of grace. It is so because in the midst of all the darkness, God grants us the ability to pursue Him, to be drawn to him as the only perfectly worthwhile pursuit.

P.S. I commented on Michelle's

P.P.S. I tried to post this last night, but the wifi in the hotel stopped working all last night for some reason. I was able to comment using my phone, but it wouldn't let me create a new post. Sorry if this doesn't count, but honest to goodness I had it all ready in plenty of time. The internet just wouldn't cooperate.