Today I got to thinking. We see God as the almighty, divine power who holds our lives in His hands, our destinies set out before Him and the maps of our lives written by Him; yet we are still plagued by our every day decisions made possible by the free will God has willingly given us. How exactly does this work ? If God does not make a set fate for us, and allows us to make decisions for ourselves and unfold our own destinies, how is it that He can know where we are headed and basically dictate how our lives will unfold ? Why do people say 'It was their time to die, God wanted it this way...' if all of our actions are just a figment/product of the outcome of our free will and our choices ? And clearly, there are some people in this world [perhaps somewhat like myself] who see no point in life. They see life as an unwilling, pointless occurrence and that their existence will serve no great purpose in the world which will supposedly be saved by God someday but no doubt end anyway. Why do we want to achieve so much in our lives when it's obvious when we die our accomplishments, blemishes, failures and hopes will wash away with our skin and bones. Notice how I did not place a question mark after the previous remark; it was a rhetorical question. Why would God give life to those who do not want it, and take the lives of those who do ? How is it their free will to die and our free will to live ? Considering that Christians are not expected to believe in predetermined fate yet believe that God has a set plan for us and it will unfold as we go by day-to-day routines and hurdles seems almost absurd. And if it is true, and we do have a set path, we are never revealed this plan - if it were truly in our free will we'd be exposed to it and realize the outcomes and consequences our possible choices will make; we would be exposed to the reality of our choices, rather than kept in the dark and make decisions based on blind opinion. And if it false, God does not have a set plan for us, meaning He does not know what/how our lives will unfold and become and therefore He does not know everything, making Him less divine and more imperfect. Are we living to fulfill God's plans, or are God's plans existing to fulfill us ?
