So where do we go from here...

So where do we go from here? That was a question I asked at my Waking the Dead class on Tuesday night. I was asking that about our group, when I should have been listening closer to the question. It is my choice. And Praise God for that choice. Because it is with my free will, that I am able to love God and worship him. Would it really be love and worship without free will? Not in my opinion. Have you ever enjoyed or loved something you were forced to? I can't think of any. A child, maybe? But really? Look at the millions of babies killed each year by abortion. Your spouse...Divorce. So, no, I don't believe you can really love or worship God without that free will, that choice.

That leads me to ask, what is the greatest gift God has given man? The
cross? Resurrection? Birth of Christ? Life? Yes. But what about the gift of free will. Because without free will, would he have had to give us Christ, the cross and resurrection? No. But without free will, what would God have been missing from us. Love and fellowship. Some may ask, why give us free will if he knew we would rebel and eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He had to. Why? Because if we did not have free will, would we have been created in Christ's image? I don't think so. And he would not receive the love, honor, worship and praise God deserves.

So... where do I go from here? To use my free will to choose to fellowship with Christ, with the body of Christ and to serve in any way God wants. To wait, be patient, and remember a thousand years is like a day to him. For too long I have chosen to do it my way, and what have I gained? Nothing that really matters to me. The things I did not choose. My family and my wife. He gave me. And that is why I will wait for him.