We all have the freedom to choose what we want to believe and the kind of lives we want to lead within our societal parameters. God gave us this gift of free will because he wants us to choose to love him. If we had no choice, why would he create our planet and every creature on it? He already has his angels – they do have a choice to love him but they can choose to rebel against him. However, unlike us, once they choose to rebel they cannot be taken back and forgiven. To me, that shows how much God loves us. He created us knowing a lot of us would be rebellious, but he also gave us the gift of his mercy.
God did not want us to be robots, neither does he micromanage our planet. He made us for love, to love him and to love each other. He also made us stewards of this planet and the other creatures on it. Unfortunately when we rebel and become self-seeking, this can all go horribly wrong as we have seen.
People don’t like to be told that we have free will sometimes as the answer to some of life’s difficult questions about God and the bad things that happen. They don’t want to believe in God or love him but when something goes wrong are very happy to use this as an example of how this must mean either God doesn’t exist or he is a very uncaring God.
I don’t think life is every going to be easy all of the time and we will come across difficult issues or events and we need more than ever to keep hold of our faith and move forward, holding our God close to us.
Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.
Widows Mote 