"The CALAMITY of FREE WILL!"

The right to choose can be both good and bad!  We have seen the calamity of "free will" manifest itself in epic proportions in both individuals and groups. Out of all the species on the planet, God has given mankind a very unique gift; and that is the right to choose.

Do you think we would be much better off if we were like all the other animals on earth that followed the metrics of "intelligent design" to the letter without fail. What if we did everything we were supposed to do as God originally intended? Imagine the audacity of a flower not blooming in the spring just because it "didn't feel like it?" What if the leaves and grass decided not to process chlorophyll in plants?  I bet you and I would like that at all (particularly since it develops and sustains all plant life!)

So what was it about mankind, that God decided to give us "free will?" He had to know we would "muck it up!" He had to know that we were incapable of making healthy choices on a consistent basis.  He had to know that the human heart is desperately wicked (He even said so in His Word).

If God is "sovereign", why does He allow bad things to happen in the earth?  If God is "omniscient", why does He knowingly allow us to do things that will harm or kill others or ourselves? If God is "omnipotent", why doesn't He stop all the craziness that is going on in the world? The answer to all of these questions and dozens more like them are the same! God has given each of us a clear directive on how we should live.  There is nothing in His Word that is difficult to understand; we may not like it or agree with it, but His directions are crystal clear!

The main problem is that SIN is enjoyable! We ENJOY our SIN! In many instances, not all of course, we are satisfied with our sinful choices UNTIL we get caught or get in some type of insurmountable calamity that forces us into a tailspin. We then experience "regret" but not "remorse."  Remorse usually "kicks" in when it is too late; the HIV/AIDS test is positive or you have been sentenced to 40 years for capital murder or the divorce settlement bankrupts you because of your repeated infidelity.

At the end of the day, the paradox of "free will" is a very simple choice to follow God, try to live a righteous life with a reverence and respect for the Creator that supercedes your selfish nature.  In this, we have the revelation of what "free will" looks like to the jackass eating grass behind the fence without a care in the world!