Yes you can fail. It seems so simple, but a concept so foreign to so many. How many times have I heard, “I am in this situation because its God’s will and there is nothing I can do about it.” It is so sad that we allow ourselves to be powerless when we have been given the strength to move mountains. A people placed a little higher than the angels subjects themselves to failure and mediocrity.
But how can we cause our own failure? We were blessed with the Serpent’s curse of freewill. We know the word but yet we constantly refuse to connect it with our daily lives. It’s a paradox, but not an unsolvable problem. Yes we never want to take away the omni power of the Creator. Yes the Creator has a master plan and we are destined to complete its circle. But freewill is buried within this plan. How many ways can one travel to say Atlanta? You can use various highways, go off-road, take a plane, use a boat for some of the trip etc. but you will end up in Atlanta. The Creator has the same lanes developed for your life. You are born at point A and you will end at point B. Freewill is what path you will choose to get to point B. You can make your life hard or you can make it easy. You can take the straight road or take the difficult road.
The choice is yours. Responsibility for one’s actions is a powerful assignment. Are you paying for school because you had the potential to gain a scholarship in high school but you chose not to study or was it simply “God’s plan?” Are you paying child support for 3 kids because you wouldn’t listen to you mother when she told you to leave those fast-tail girls alone or should we just blame it on “God’s plan?” When you drink before you brush your teeth in the morning and drink before you go to sleep should you really give God the credit for your alcoholism or is that a result of decisions you made?
Yes there are events like death and hardships that can take away your right to choose. But honestly how many situations can we really, really say we have no control? Personally, they are far and few. Whatever shape I am in is for the most part bad decisions and opening doors that should have remain closed. And even though God created and will guide you down all roads, both dark and lighted, you decide how much of His will you want to listen to.
Yes my life can fail because of me.
But how can we cause our own failure? We were blessed with the Serpent’s curse of freewill. We know the word but yet we constantly refuse to connect it with our daily lives. It’s a paradox, but not an unsolvable problem. Yes we never want to take away the omni power of the Creator. Yes the Creator has a master plan and we are destined to complete its circle. But freewill is buried within this plan. How many ways can one travel to say Atlanta? You can use various highways, go off-road, take a plane, use a boat for some of the trip etc. but you will end up in Atlanta. The Creator has the same lanes developed for your life. You are born at point A and you will end at point B. Freewill is what path you will choose to get to point B. You can make your life hard or you can make it easy. You can take the straight road or take the difficult road.
The choice is yours. Responsibility for one’s actions is a powerful assignment. Are you paying for school because you had the potential to gain a scholarship in high school but you chose not to study or was it simply “God’s plan?” Are you paying child support for 3 kids because you wouldn’t listen to you mother when she told you to leave those fast-tail girls alone or should we just blame it on “God’s plan?” When you drink before you brush your teeth in the morning and drink before you go to sleep should you really give God the credit for your alcoholism or is that a result of decisions you made?
Yes there are events like death and hardships that can take away your right to choose. But honestly how many situations can we really, really say we have no control? Personally, they are far and few. Whatever shape I am in is for the most part bad decisions and opening doors that should have remain closed. And even though God created and will guide you down all roads, both dark and lighted, you decide how much of His will you want to listen to.
Yes my life can fail because of me.
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