God designed our world with potential and goodness, then partnered with his creation—mankind—to bring more goodness out of it. They broke that relationship by trying to manage the world on their own terms, and now we are suffering the results. Then God made promises with people like Noah and Abraham and David to try to renew the relationship and partnership he had with mankind. That's all nice and good, but what does that have to do with my everyday life? So what?