I spoke once to a guy about God and he had this to say to me…
“If God really wants us to be free, then why all these rules? Why all these commandments? Why all these thou shall not do this, thou shall not do that? If I fail to keep them because I was too weak, isn’t it his own fault? Because it was he who made me this way in the first place.”
“You mean in other words – everything is His fault right?”
“Yeah…”
“True… but you’re missing something. God said don’t do this and don’t do that. But he still left it up to us to decide for ourselves. He still gave us free will…”
“Yeah, well if He wants us to obey Him so much, why doesn’t He just control us and make us completely obedient? Why free will if it’s so much trouble? Why free will if you know we might very well choose something else?”
“Aaah… good point. But imagine this. You have a son. He’s your flesh and blood. Everything about him reminds you of yourself and you love him to bits. Would you want your son to be obedient to you?”
“Well………. Yes.”
“And when he obeys you, would you want him to do it because he fears you and has to, or because he loves you and WANTS to?”
“Of course… I will want him to WANT to.”
“And if he DOESN’T obey you and rebels, will you not still love him and want to see him come back to you one day?
“Yes….”
“Then you have your answer... and the answer in a word... is LOVE”
We are all given the privilege of free will for a reason.
Sadly, we often forget why.
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