by Christine Yahwndura Sherriff Malone

Created on: April 04, 2007   Last Updated: April 23, 2008

Two of the most important questions that anyone who has a mind has asked is "Do I really have a free will?" and "Is there such a thing as predestination?" But what is the reality of free will? My opinion of free will is having the ability to make a choice and/or perform an action without needing approval from an external party. Free will is the freedom to do whatever one pleases. This is what mankind had when we were created. Of course, this is before the encounter of sin [an awareness of boundaries]. Free will gave man the authority to commit acts that God deemed unrighteous according to his desire for the will of man, thereby changing the course of 'free will' into 'free will with regards to life of others that we exist in this world with' or 'free will within reason.' This type of living would take thousands of years to teach and train the all of mankind who would rule over the earth. And this is where the fine line became evidence of predestination and free will. Some will also categorize this as the difference between faith and fate.

What would the fate of the world result in if we continued to have absolute free will considering that we are born with extremely different mindsets and characteristics? Predestination therefore comes onto play in two ways: by the creator who chooses individuals for specific actions to create a desired change. These individuals still have a similar free will; but it is also guided by spiritual interventions that more often than not results in choices of divine wisdom; the other results in consequential remedies otherwise known in psychology as cause and effect' clichd as 'the fork in the road.' Every situation and every decision has a unique outcome generally speaking.

Example: Someone would ask, "Am I predestined to be rich?" The answer is possibly and possibly not. Probably in three instances: one intervention that cause you to have prosperity for a purpose even when odds are against you; two birthright; three the choice of desire to be rich making the right moves. Probably not in two instances: one birthright; two results of bad money management and decision making.

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