It is a fact that the world is a result of God’s creation.

In this paper, I am going to explain

why this must be true and why this fact creates more meaning in ministry.

Creation implies intention. Based on this statement, the Creator must have had purposes

in mind for His creation before He took action. For example, it is impossible for a brick building

to exist without an outside force putting it there. Just as Aquina’s Five Ways tells us, everything

has a possibility to be and not to be. Anything that is possible not to be, cannot be eternal, and if

this is true, then at some point it would have been possible to have nothing in existence.

Furthermore, something cannot come out of nothing. Just as a building is in need of an

intentional and purposeful builder, the world must need an intentional and purposeful Creator.

Therefore, if the Creator had purposes in mind for the world in which we live in, how

much more would he have purposes for the very beings that are made in His own image?

Because ministry is rooted in the relational character of God, the fact that God created gives

ministry a whole new level of intimacy because God chose to make us in His image. On account

of the truth that God has purposes for creation, we can rejoice in the fact that our uncreated

Creator has specific purposes for us. In Matthew 6, God so delicately clothes the lilies of the

valleys, then asks the question, “How much more will He clothe you…?”. He cares for His

creation, and for human beings to a much greater extent.

In addition, He created us inside of the world so that we can assist in fulfilling His plan

that he had set before time. From my limited perspective, part of that plan is to share the joy that

comes from a relationship with Jesus Christ, our intentional God and Creator, which is where

ministry starts.