Isaiah 63:8

8He said, “Surely they are my people,

children who will be true to me”;

      and so he became their Savior.  Isaiah 63:8
God is not willing that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9) but still, he does not take away free choice. When you read the Bible you hear the good the bad and the ugly. We can read many stories like King David when he had his affair with Bathsheba, or when Ammon raped Tamar. These people had free choice, God did not make them be good. In Genesis 37 we read where Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery. In the good, the bad and the ugly we also find people who were true to God in the end. King David repented, Joseph maintained his integrity in very difficult obstacles. God became their savior. God looks on the heart. He looks for people that will be true to him. A lot of bad stuff happens in our world, we read it or hear it every day. But God is looking for children who will be true to him. God does not force his goodness on people. How gould we truly love a God that forced us to be good? Wouldn't we be more like robots than lovers of God?  God gives people free choice, they can choose to be evil or they can choose to be good. God wants to be our savior, he wants people that will be true to him.  God bless, LVZ.