The essential Three, who exist by a necessity of nature in the self existing essence, who are coequally, co-essentially, and co-eternally one in the incomprehensible Godhead, the ever blessed Jehovah; whose life of independent blessedness consists in their mutual inbeing, in-dwelling, communion, and enjoyment of each other in a participation of all the perfections of Godhead ; to which nothing can be added, and from which nothing can be detracted; were pleased, for the manifestation of the glory of all the divine perfections of their one infinite nature, to create an innumerable quantity of atoms, and out of them to produce and form all things visible and invisible: the heavens, with all their hosts ; the earth, with all that is therein ; angels, and the souls of men; and this was
performed in the space of six days! All which we understand by the revealed account which Moses gives us, by the inspiration of the Spirit of God, in the first and second chapters of Genesis. Thus, “through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” Heb. XI: 3.
The essential Three in the one Jehovah, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, spake, and all things visible and invisible were produced: and the eternal Spirit gave motion to all ; and thus Time began. The earth, thus created, lay covered over with water ; and there was darkness between the face of the great deep, and the clouds or cataracts of Heaven : and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of. the waters. As time began its round from the moment this motion was given, it is a full proof of the eternity of the Holy Spirit. He it was who gave motion to the Heavens, and thus set the universe a going; so that from thence time went on, and the works of God were brought into order and perfection. Samuel Pierce
The quotes from Pierce above gives the believer enough meat to worship and adore the living God for all eternity. It removes our minds from the present and lifts us to behold the very glory of God. The eternal triune God who existed and exists in perfect Oneness and nothing can be added to Him created a universe which manifests His glory but adds nothing to Him and does not increase His glory. The Father has an infinite and eternal delight in the Son and out of that delight He created all things through the Son and for the Son. The universe, then, is a display of the love the Father has for the Son.
It was also out of this mutual delight within the Trinity that God created men in His own image. This delight was such that from all eternity God decreed to manifest the glory of His grace in saving sinners. This is to say that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is also the Gospel of the glory of God and that in fact apart from the focus of the glory of God in the face of Christ there is no true Gospel being set forth. If we put man at the center of the Gospel or make man the focus of the Gospel, we no longer have a true Gospel. The One who set the heavens in motion is the One that all things were created for and is the One from whom all true glory comes from. It is not wonder, then, that Paul teaches us that whatever we do, we are to do it to the glory of God.
God Loves... Himself 
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