Yet another Dragon Picture. Say this knight wants to protect you at all costs. (Which he does) so what does he do. He locks you up and never lets you out. Now, yes you’re comfortable, you’ve got great living conditions and great food, but you still feel like a prisoner. So what happens? After a few years you are going to start thinking that this “knight” of yours is not so knightly. He is more like an evil warlord.

So this is yet another view I get of Jesus. People ask “why did you let this happen? Why did you make this happen?” He didn’t make it happen. He let it happen because he wants you to have free will. If you decided to take your horse into that forest that you have been warned against going into he is going to let you. He is not going to stop your free will.

God loves you and wants whats best for you. If you don’t realize that, and think there is more for you when you don’t follow God; well then you obviously don’t know God. No I’m not saying sit back and let life pass you by. By all means go jump off of waterfalls, dive into lakes, run through forests of green feeling the wind pass you by, rock climb up the tallest mountain, etc. God wants you to experience these things. But, if God says “Hey you better watch out for the trolls that live under the bridge over there” then you better listen. He isn’t trying to keep you locked up. He isn’t trying to prohibit you from doing something fun, he is just protecting you.

Final word, you often will get yourself into bad situations. I’ve done it, others have done it, you will do it if you haven’t yet. God wants to rescue you from that, but he doesn’t want you to have to be in that situation in the first place. God loves you, will protect you, will rescue you, will pursue you, and always wants what is best for you.