I remember talking in class a while ago about whether God has already predetermined certain things. I don't really remember what the conversation had led to me, but I did know that this was my reaction. I don't believe that God has predetermined only a certain amount of people to go to Heaven, and a certain amount of people to go to Hell. I do believe that he has predetermined his will for our lives. For some reason, God's will was for me to go to the University of Mobile. But it was up to me to choose whether or not I wanted to follow Gods will. I could have decided to go to Florida State University with my twin sister, which has been what I wanted all of my life. But instead I am following what God told me to do. But now that I'm here, I'm wondering why his plan was for me to come here. Am I going to meet my husband here? Am I going to use this as a stepping stone for something else? Am I going to make a change on this campus that only I could make? I don't know. But for some reason God predetermined my life to come here, and he knew I would choose to follow his will. Now what?
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I totally agree with you. I think that God has a mission for every single person of the world. He will set the ooportunities for everyone to achieve their own mission. However, it is our own decision to choose if we take them or not. I don't think that before each of us were born he would have said. You to hell, you to heaven, and so on. He gave us the free will to decide how will we act.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree and I know exactly how you feel about the whole college thing. I had no desire to go to UM. I didn't even apply until right before I registered. I came to the preview day and everything just felt right. I knew that I was supposed to be at this school. I didn't know why and I still don't. I have no idea what God wants me to do when I graduate. But I do believe I've met my future husband here and if he's the only reason I was meant to come to this school, then that is perfectly fine with me:)I wish you luck in discovering what God has in store for you!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. There are so many people who believe STRICTLY in predetermination, saying that Jesus died for the elect and He doesn't want everyone into Heaven. Though they are entitled to their own opinion, I think that the way that so many people world this turns so many non-believers off to the Christian faith. If I wasn't a Christian and heard someone say that Christ died only for certain people, I would, more than like, disregard everything I had been told before about Jesus loving me and wanting me to enter into His kingdom and become even more bitter towards Christianity.
ReplyDeleteBut, yes, I am with you Stephanie. I believe that He has our lives planned out. He knows what we are going to choose before we even know we need to choose something, and I personally find that AMAZING! It is also incredible that, while He knows the decisions we are going to make, He gives us our own free will to choose what we want. It is up to us to listen to his direction, and choose what is in His will for us.