01 Jun Freedom of Choice
June 2016
When reasonable adults decide to have children, they are not under some misguided notion that there isn’t going to be any misbehavior on the part of those children. Before the conception process even begins, they are fully aware that many problems will come as a result of their decision to have children, but the relationship is worth it to them.
It would have been easy for God to create us without the freedom of choice, but how meaningful could a relationship of that nature be? God knows full well the complexity of what is involved in the process of our obedience becoming genuine, from the heart, rather than something motivated by the fear of reprisal. And He is willing to endure “whatever it takes” to see that happen. Who’s to say that the wait doesn’t contribute to the joy for Him? I’m persuaded that nothing else is able to satisfy His great heart.
Kevin