We need to look at it from two angles, from the angle of God and from the angle of finite human beings.
From the angle of God creation is like a play ground in which God unfolds his or her divine attributes. God actualizes his potentialities of being a creator, preserver, discontinuer, giver of grace, saviour, merciful and forgiving.
From the angle of finite human souls this world is a place where they strive to realize their true nature and unfold their potentialities of love,compassion, sharing, forgiving in human relationships. God is like a tortoise in the infinite ocean which comes to the shore and lays its eggs. When the eggs are hatched the little ones strive to return to the sea.
The tortoise that comes from the sea is our divine self and the little ones that strive to go to the sea is our finite self. Both are the work of the divine: one as infinite and another as finite. This is the divine play, divine dance, divine drama, that continues without end.
It is the infinite God whose reflection is the human soul and in and through this reflection God is having human experiences.