Our Preparation Process

Genesis 3:1 – Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”

There is a permissive will of God and a perfect will of God. Many Christians live in the permissive will of God but not in His perfect will for their lives. In His permissive will, God will allow you certain things you ask for even though it may not be in His best plan for your life. In this permissive will, you are given permission to make some of your own choices.

Often you obtain permission because you have nagged, begged, and pleaded with God so often that He simply turns it over to you -- to do as you will. Many of you make your choices in disobedience to what He has told you to do. He allows you the choice to use your own will and intellect to make your decision. He does so because He knows that each decision and each choice will provide a lesson in your life, often a painful lesson, which will help you in your growth and development.

Consider the story of Adam and Eve. God gave them permission to eat off every tree in the garden except one, but they disobeyed Him and ate from the very tree He told them not to.

God was neither asleep nor unaware, when they made their choice. He knew exactly where they were and what they were about to do, and He could have stopped them at anytime by overriding their will. Since He created them with a free will, this gave them the ability to choose, and they chose to disobey Him. This was not the perfect plan of God for them or for the human race, but He had to abide by their decision.

God will also abide by your decision though His desire is that you choose His will over yours.

Please ponder and meditate on this:

Am I operating in the permissive will or in the perfect will of God?