Free Will

Hello my dear friends! It’s sunny and hot here in Florida! Here in the “sunshine state” the summer season extends from mid-spring thru early fall. The weather will pretty much be the same, sunny and hot. Why? God’s natural order with the weather during the different seasons will be the same year in and year out. With every season comes the expected weather patterns. God is the creator of the weather and its natural order.

It is the same with humans. We fall into a natural order of things too. One of the main things about a human that was given to us is “free will.” This “free will” thing is quite extraordinary. It means that we can pick and choose what we want and do not want to do. We get to choose who we want to have a relationship with and who we do not want to have a relationship with. This includes whether we choose a relationship with God.

God created humans in His likeness. “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27 (NIV) Our God-given likeness is the ability to think and make choices on our own. Our responsibility with this ability is that as we make the choices we make we need to remember that attached to them are consequences. Whether they are good or not we are the ones who have chosen to do them.

This is the natural order of “free-will.” We were not created to be God’s puppets. We have been given the freedom to make our own choices. Why? So that we can have the choice to accept God’s terms for the salvation that He offers us. So that we can have the choice to fellowship with God. So that we can have the choice to live in obedience to God. The importance of believers living in obedience is ultimately for what? “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.” John 14:15 (NASB) Believers in Christ demonstrate their love for God through their obedience. This freedom to choose obedience or not is up to us. My dear friends’ “free-will” is not to be taken lightly. As believers in Christ our choices demonstrates our love or lack thereof for God.  

 

Thank you for reading this devotional! It is such a blessing to share these with you. Have a blessed day!

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