Charles Spurgeon: ”  I see, in one place, God in providence presiding over all, and yet I see, and cannot help seeing, that man acts as he pleases, and that God has left his actions, in a great measure, to his own free-will.

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD. — Proverbs 21:30 (NIV)

A lot of people, even Christians, fall into this trap that they can out-think or out plan God. We amass so much knowledge, experience and faulty logic, that we are led to believe that we have things figured out…or at least the next steps.

The problem with this type of reasoning is that we are actually in control of very little in our lives.  We only have control of our choices and our attitudes.  And even those are heavily influenced by our current situations.

However, God doesn’t change. He is timeless, and therefore, knows all the options from start to finish.  He is Sovereign and therefore, nothing escapes His Will.  Nothing is allowed, unless by His permission. See Job 1:6-12.

If we would only surrender all, trust and rest in God’s care.  We would find that we would not have to waste our time trying to out-think God or worry about a future that ultimately is God’s to establish.

Alas, our FREE-WILL.

I know this doesn’t quite sit well with a lot of people, because some truly believe or have been taught that we have our own destiny in our hands.  We set our path for life and or future.  But if that was indeed true, would you really plan for the storms to endure, the mountains to climb and the valleys to cross?  Would you plan for the losses in life and the pain and suffering that we sometimes have to face? Can you see that far in the future to avoid these things?

If the answer is “no”, then why does a God who says He loves us, allow these things or has planned them for our future?

To keep this short this morning, just let me say again, that God is Sovereign and that He knows what is needed to get us to the future He planned for His Children.  Some of those unpleasant moments in our lives have set us on the right course to Him and some have kept us on that course.

I for one wish it was or could be different, but in light of Job 1:6-12, the entire book of Job and what Christ endured for our salvation, I’m willing to simply surrender all and trust the ONE, who knows all and is All.

As far as my Free-Will…I thank God daily for His mercy and patience with me. Because if left to my own imagination, wisdom and desires, I would still be lost in my sins and my life would eventually be headed to an unpleasant eternal end.

Yes, God allows us to have Free-Will, but I rather have HIS WILL.

Know that we are truly blessed to have Christ as our Advocate.