here is how i see it... He def gives us free will. thats why some choose not to believe in Him. He doesnt want to make us love Him, He wants us to choose to love Him. its just like a marriage, what good would our marriage be if i had to force my spouse to love me? the things he did for me would be done out of a feeling of 'i have to do this' instead of 'i love you with all my heart and want to do this'. His word says we have choices, but if you arent seeking His guidance you are on your own. He even says if you make your own plans without putting them in His hands you are boasting/prideful and sinning because you dont know what will happen tomorrow. He does have certain plans that He created us to fulfill though. and if we ask Him, He will lead us to complete them in his time. its all about our relationship and trust to follow where He leads, even if that means giving up on our own plans. whatever glorifies Him, not us.
Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil. Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. (James 4:13-17)
Trust the Lord with all your heart, and don't depend on your own understanding. Remember the Lord in all you do, and he will give you success. (provebs 3:5-6)
we also dont have to worry about tomorrow though and what it will bring because He is already there and ready to supply those who do seek Him and His will for their lives, as long as we seek Him first.
Seek first God's kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well. So don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:33-34)
however, when it comes to a life being created, that is ALL God. we can take no credit for that. He can create life out of rocks if He chooses. never does it say that we as humans create life. He is the only One who opens the womb.
The Spirit of God created me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life. (Job 33:4)
Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things. (Ecclesiastes 11:5)
God, the Lord, said these things. He created the skies and stretched them out. He spread out the earth and everything on it. He gives life to all people on earth, to everyone who walks on the earth. (Isaiah 42:5)
xpecta-i absolutely agree about people being that way on here. it is upsetting, but if we get angry and say anything we are not doing the Lords will. human anger does not produce the righteousness God seeks in us.(james 1:20) i just try to pray for them and hope they arent blind when they die and time is up to change their direction. the devil is out there and wants to destroy their life, and offend us in the process. (1 peter 5:8) if we give it to Jesus and try to stay as loving as we can, then we have the victory! the battle is won! our battle is not with that poor blind person, its with the devil and the evil powers of this world.(ephesians 6:12)
i love you ladies and i give God glory for putting it in xpecta's heart to start this thread. we can encourage each other and support each other to stay on the right path with Christ! this thread was no mistake, God brought us all together