Why Am I Even Here?

Christianity isn’t mainly about what you believe.

It’s about who you’re becoming as you journey through life with God. And, about what you and God are doing together.

And get this...

It's probably way cooler than you think.

But to understand that, you first have to understand two things:

What you are.

Why you’re here.

Identity.

Purpose.

These two truths change everything.

WHAT YOU ARE

Yes, you have a physical body.

And most people agree we have some kind of “spiritual side.”

But the Bible teaches something deeper:

You are not a physical being who occasionally has spiritual experiences.

You are a spiritual being having a human experience.

Think about it:

If someone opened up your body, where would they find you?

Your thoughts.

Your memories.

Your personality.

Your dreams.

Your loves and fears.

Those aren’t stored in your muscles or bones.

Because you are more than your body.

You are a spiritual being.

Jesus himself points to this when he gives what he calls the greatest commandment:

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:30

Notice what Jesus assumes about you.

You’re not just a body.

You have a heart (desires and will).

You have a mind (thoughts and understanding).

You have a soul (your inner life).

You have strength (your physical body).

In other words, you are a whole person made up of both physical and non-physical parts.

That’s why it makes more sense to say:

You are a spiritual being who happens to live in a body.

Not the other way around.

And not just that…

You are an unceasing spiritual being.

Scripture is very clear that humans are created for ongoing, continuing existence and that our lives extend beyond physical death.

Jesus even says:

“Whoever keeps my word will never see death.” John 8:51

That doesn’t mean our bodies never die.

It means we don’t stop existing.

You can also look up these verses (there's more, but this is a good place to start):

• John 5:28-29; John 11:25-26; Philippians 3:20-21; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, 1 Peter 1:3-4, Psalm 8, Revelations 22:5

You are never going to stop existing.

This matters because it means your current circumstances are not the whole story.

They're never the whole story.

This is the key to being able to live content despite the circumstances.

Because you know that your physical circumstance isn’t all that there is. (2 Cor. 4, Phil. 4)

This does not mean your body is bad.

It just means that there is much more to life than what we can see, touch, feel… both now and forever.

This life is part of something much bigger.

And God has huge plans for you.

WHY YOU’RE HERE

You were not an accident.

You’re not here just to survive until you die and go to heaven.

You’re here to become the kind of person God created you to be.

Life is about formation.

It’s about who you are becoming.

Why?

Because God wants to empower you to rule and reign with Jesus forever.

Or as some have said:

You are in training for reigning.

From Genesis to Revelation, the story is clear:

Humanity was created to partner with God in caring for, stewarding, and leading His world.

Not on our own.

With Him.

This means:

This life is a training ground.

Every choice shapes who you are becoming.

And who you are becoming matters… both now and forever.

THE CONSPIRACY

There’s one more part of the “why” we can’t overlook.

A bigger picture.

A bigger story.

One where you are invited to play a key role.

Philosopher and teacher Dallas Willard explains God’s plan like this:

God’s strategy is to overthrow evil with good.

In his book The Divine Conspiracy, he uses an example from World War II.

By May of 1945, Germany had surrendered.

The outcome of the war was decided.

In a very real sense, the war had already been won.

But fighting didn’t instantly stop everywhere.

Battles were still happening in the Pacific, on islands like Okinawa.

Enemy forces still had to be found, defeated, and driven out.

The victory was secure —

but the cleanup was still in progress.

Willard says this is a picture of what he calls “the divine conspiracy.”

God has already acted in Jesus to defeat evil at its core —

but the effects of that victory are still being worked out in the world.

In other words:

• Evil has been decisively defeated through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection.

• Yet we still see evil, suffering, and resistance because the “cleanup battles” are ongoing.

• God’s strategy is to overthrow evil with good, not with more violence or hatred.

So just like WWII:

• The war was won → but battles still happened

• Evil is defeated → but its presence is still being pushed back

This helps explain why Christians can say all of the following — and mean it:

God is winning.

Jesus is Lord.

And the world is still broken.

All three can be true at the same time.

And that’s where you come in.

You exist to be part of God’s rescue-and-renewal mission.

Not just to survive life.

Not just to wait for heaven.

But to learn how to live with God now —

and help bring his goodness into a broken world.

That’s a pretty big purpose.

IN SUMMARY

When you see it this way, it’s actually pretty exciting.

As a person of love,

you get to work with God and overthrow evil with good.

As an unceasing spiritual being,

you are in training to become the kind of person who rules the cosmos with Jesus — forever.

What an adventure that will be.

And it all starts right now,

when you realize you’re in training for reigning.

But there’s one more thing you must always keep in mind:

What God gets out of your life is the person you become.

Yes, there are things for you to do.

But never forget —

who you are becoming matters more than anything else.

That’s what God cares about most.

That’s what lasts for eternity.