Laura

TGIF.

Ah … this is the old predestination question. What’s the point in doing anything if we are already destined to do something?

This is obviously a very complex topic but my brief take to it is this:

• We will never fully understand how this works

• God allows us to have free will

• God already knows what our choice will be although we don’t
• There are good, bad and gray area choices. Some more important than others. Some little mistakes lead to bigger ones (ie. addiction).
• We will definitely make mistakes. No one is perfect except Christ. Of course we should try to minimize our mistakes.
• Only one choice is consequential: Our faith in Christ in our hearts. This is the key to our salvation.

I agree with you. I wish God would make it easy to figure out His plan for our individual lives. The consolation is the way to decode His plan is through the understanding of the Bible. Mix this knowledge with our human weakness and this is where it gets complicated (ie. we tend to do what we know we shouldn’t do). We all have a lifetime to deal with this tension.

Hey, appreciate your comments.