Let Not Your God Gifted Free-Will Reject the Love of God !

One of the the greatest gift that God has given to human beings is the gift of making a choice using his or her mind which is under the full command of the individual and fully free to make any kind of decisions. Practically humans are with free wills ! Even while the human mind could be influenced by many factors, the final choice vests with the individual.

While creating humans, God in his wisdom, had determined that nothing whatsoever would be done to remove this power of free will from them. And that is a universal law of God. God being the designer and creator of life, could have done it in any other way. He could have made humans just as programmable robots. But that was not the case !

But that does not mean that God is not guiding human beings from knowing what is good and what is bad for him. He has given that capacity too to humans and together with it the capacity to choose, either good or bad !

What could be the reason for this ?

Imagine for a moment that you were in God's place. Imagine that you had designed and produced a few humanoids which are programmed to know what leads to destruction and what leads to survival for them. They are also programmed to know what ways some tasks could be accomplished that are beneficial to everyone. And more importantly they can do and decide things for themselves ! They are designed with superior intelligence to decide and act the way they like.

Suppose that I were in the team that designed such a group of humanoids. I would never like those humanoids to use their decisive powers to do bad things that eventually cause much harm to them and may even destroy themselves. Because each them is valuable to us, their creators ! On the other hand, we would be very happy if they decide to do good things for every one including themselves. Such of them are precious for us. Not only they know how to do things, but they also know how to do  good things always after considering all pros and cons !

Perhaps we are like these humanoids that we might work to create, for God and his team who created us !

An intelligent being who can know good and bad and select good always is better than a being who can do good in a situation that permits only good ! At least that is how I see it !

Why does a created being with intelligence to know good and bad with the ability for a free choice often prefer to err rather than proceed the way that would perhaps cause its creator to be happy ?

I think it is some inherent desire co-existent in such beings to rise above the creator even when it knows well that it is not possible ! And that desire transforms it to be a rebel against the caring love of its creator. And that rebellious attitude is denial of the love and care of the creator to such an extent that it feels that it can exist even without creator. A foolish attitude by forgetting the superiority of the creator over the creature !

This situation is the one that transforms a human being, though intelligent but with limited capacity and power, to be over zealous about his or her own abilities to become selfish and egoistic. Selfishness and ego then elate pride to the extent that going against the desire of the creator becomes more important in life even when the individual knows well that it leads to wrong choosing and bad acts. And doing bad things would be detrimental to his or her own life and also to the lives of his or her fellow beings !

This way a human being, a precious being for God, with all the God given abilities might chose to deviate from a good path and chose a path that leads him or her away from the love and care of his creator- a situation that he or she needed most for maintaining his or her life without untimely cessation.

I think most of us have a tendency to deny love ! We have a tendency to underestimate love ! We consider some one who is loving and caring as a weak hearted person. We adore those who terrorise us with the power to cause us harm ! Because, we  erroneously decide that the display of destructive power is the real power !

A child may not obey its parents who are always loving and who do not take the stick to punish it every now and then for its wrongs ! An employee may consider an non barking boss weak and may not like to do the things such a boss lovingly demands !

A citizen might give more respect and show more obedience to the street police officer than his or her head of state because the formers' wrath he or she knows as immediate and sure while about the latter he or she is not that sure, though the latter's immense power is well understood !

But does an intelligent human being need to be reminded of the stick always just as an immature child or an unintelligent beast ?

Perhaps God does not want it to be like that. That is why God is not using his power to punish humans for all their wrong doings every now and then.

But God does not need to do that. He had made the unchanging rule in the beginning itself ! All human beings would face the consequences of his or her wrong choices and acts some time, though not necessarily immediate !

Those who will fully deviate from God's will are doing sins and the outcome of sin is an ultimate cessation of God's love that maintain the individual's potential to live for ever like God !

Knowing this would any one  like to reject the love of God ?

Perhaps yes, if their bloating ego and pride have caused them to be mentally blind ! I think the majority humans have made themselves to fall in this group !

I earnestly wish they realize this !


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Is it Necessary to Overcome Temptations ?

While we lead the life of the human beings on this earth we are posed with umpteen numbers of allurements which tempt us to take a choice in their favour. Back in our minds somehow we recognize that these may not be good for us or to the society that we live.

Yet, deciding to fall to the temptation is very common to most people. Often we keep doubting whether it is worth to overcome such temptations. Are we in any way becoming foolish by not accepting some of those 'golden' chances?

We are indeed free-willed. We are capable of taking any decisions, both good or bad. That is the way we have been made or designed.

We are capable of thinking and directing our thoughts in any direction, both creative or destructive, positive or negative. In the same manner we are capable of acting freely as per our own choice.

But in some situations we, of our own way might not think or act in a particular manner unless induced to do so by some external elements. These external inducements are the agents of temptations.

Though we are free to act in any manner we like, it is also the responsibility that is vested on us to safeguard our lives and the lives of others around us while we carry out our actions.

We are individual beings entrusted with social responsibilites.

So it is required that we use our free-will power cautiously and wisely so that we proceed safely while living the mortal life.

Temptations are normally those situations where we are incapable of fixing an immediate problem to either ourselves or others as a direct consequence to our acts in favor of the temptation and we apparently see something immediately very desirable to fulfil certain of our tastes, pleasures or instincts.

Let me illustrate these life situations with some simple examples.

As  free willed persons we are capable of jumping out of a speeding train or from a high rise building, but normally we do not do it because we know its immediate consequence. Even when such an act might give a type of pleasure fulfilling that part of our mind which finds pleasure in adventure we resist doing such a thing.

While driving a car we can hit any one or any thing or drive not following the traffic rules. But normally we do not attempt that as we know what will happen then.

Under normal circumstances we may not look indecently or ogle a good looking lady or advance towards her with that intention. Because we know the immediate likely consequences!

We may not steal some thing from the departmental store, even when it was very desirable but non affordable  because of the fear of getting caught.

But suppose a good looking lady, not your wife, takes the lead and entice you and there is no immediate likelihood that any one near to you knowing about it.

Suppose that some company representative offer you a handsome reward for doing him a favour from your organization which you are in a position to do by circumventing some rules which others are not likely to find out.

Yes, the latter two cases are examples of temptations!

Now the big question is whether we should overcome these temptations or not.

There are people who keep justifying the latter situations are sheer opportunities and those not taking advantage as foolish people.

They believe that a thief is a thief only when caught !

Many of us have heard of the Bible story of the temptations of Jesus Christ and how he had overcome those temptations even while he could have easily agreed to those, making his humanly life much easier or pleasurable. Even while he possessed the power he decided not to use such powers for his own personal benefit.

Only people of a high civilization and culture can use their free will in that manner! That is using the God given free will intelligently, wisely and judiciously.

So what do you think of overcoming temptations ?

After all it much depends on how we decide to live. We are free to decide.

We can live like a savage, totally care-free. We can also live like a civilized and wise person capable of resisting temptations. The latter choice, ofcourse, is not easy !