God's will

On my way to work this morning, I was listening to our local Christian Radio station, and Chuck Colson's Breakpoint show happened to be playing. The overall theme was a month-long review of some of Dante's historical works. He touched on several things, but there was one point that just hit home with me.

The discussion went something like this: People frequently ask how a loving God can condemn people to eternal separation from Himself? The truth is - God doesn't do that - people choose it themselves.

It ends up there are two ways people can respond to God. The first is to say to Him - "Thy will be done." That's the road He wants us to choose. God would have it that everyone do that, but some will resist until it's too late. When that happens, God will reluctantly say, when their brief life here on earth has ended, "OK -I gave you all the chances I could. You blew it. Now, THY will be done."