Do we take God’s Grace and Mercy for granted? When we make choices that are not pleasing to God, and then bank on God forgiving us, is like trying to pimp God’s Grace. It’s not like we don’t understand right from wrong, we are just selfish, and want to be able to do whatever we want without any consequences. God would love for us to be in His Perfect Will, but understands that we struggle within our flesh, so He gives us His Permissive Will.

They said to him, “Why did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and send her away?” He said to them, because of the hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. Matthew 19: 7-8

This scripture is just an example of how God allows us to make our own decisions. Even though we have the power of choice, we should still strive to make the correct choices for our lives. There is a difference in making a poor choice, because of the lack of knowledge and making a poor choice for selfish reasons. Either way, the choice comes with consequences. The question is, are we willing to pay the consequences that come from the choices we make? Granted trying to live in God’s Perfect Will is difficult, but it should be our Goal. Taking advantage of God’s Permissive Will is a dangerous game to play, not only for the person making the choice, but for those who are unknowingly involved.

Let’s stop trying to pimp God’s Grace and Mercy, let us seek to be in His Perfect Will, instead of trying to manipulate His Permissive Will!