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Yes we do. From the beginning with Adam & Eve who did not obey God's commandement. We can see clearly in the bible that when God's chosen figures( representing all mankind) fail, God'' providence is delayed. When they succeed God's providence moves foward.
Well, Soleil10, now, I am understanding you better. You want to say that God's will is done when His Words are really practised. Then,I think there is a misunderstanding about the meaning of "God's will"...
Now, let's focus on the story of Adam and Eve. Most people misunderstand this story, and its interpretation...
God knew in advance that Adam and Eve were going to disobey Him as He knows in advance all the peoples that were going to disobey Him since the creation of the first man. He is omniscient.
Well, Adam and Eve didnt fail. They were just passing a training period. This training period is a lesson to all of us. God explained to Adam and Eve evrything: the paradise( a symbole of being away from Satan), the temptation (the tree which is a symbole of the tempatations that exist in this world), and the Satan (the enemy that we should be cautious of all the time). Hence, when Adam and Eve disobeyed God while they were still in the training period, their disobeyment wasnt a sin as any umployee is not punished for a mistake he/she does while he/she is still undertaking a training period. God let Adam and Eve went this training period to teach us clear lesson: that if we surrender to the temptation and the Satan's whisper we will lose.
Hence, as we see, Adam and Eve arent sinners. And God's plan was done, and it wasnt delayed. God's purpose behind creating us is to show us mercy and love. That lesson of Adam and Eve was a clear message from God to all of us: I showed you the wrong, and the right. If you follow the right, you live in paradise (esp inside), and if you follow the wrong, you will suffer (esp inside). You are created to see whom among you is going to be connected to me, and follow my commandments from those who will turn themselves away from me.
God's will is rarely done. This is why, there is so much suffering. Look at the world. Is there one nation doing God's will that God can clain as His own. God does not even own one nation. Even in America, God is becoming a four letter words in our schools.
I think you wanted to say that God's commandents are rarely followed. But God's will, soleil10, is always done.
Now, Soleil10, let me show you how I understand you understand "God's will", and correct me if I am mistaken. For you, God's will is all the time connected with absolute goodness. For you, since the world now is in trouble, this is not God's will, and that people has deviated from God's will.
Well, I will try to simplify for you what God's will really means:
Imagine with me this circle is full of people. Now, I am going to write down some of the teachnigs of God that should govern them (God's will/plan for them):
1- You should follow God's teachings in order to live in peace...
2- If you deviate from God's teaching, you should pay for it..
3- You would suffer either sooner or later for any injustice you cause to others.
4- You should care about your community. You should spread the goodness, and stand in the face of evil. If you dont, you will be affected by the evil it spreads in your community.
5-If you turn away from God, He will bring you back to Him. First, by goodness, but if you still insist on ignoring Him, He will bring you back to Him by problems and disasters.
6- Evil people are sticks in God's hands. He punishes others by them, then he punish them.
7- God give people freedom to choose between right and wrong,to worship me or not, and He will judge them for that. I let others do evil, but their harm reach go nowhere where I dont. Everything is under my control. And God knows more.
8- Satan is an enemy that you should not surrender to. If you do, you will lose. But, God's door will always be open to you if you repent.
9- If you are with God, He will always be with you. If you seek His protection and help, He will never let you down. Be with Him, and you will be saved.
Well, Soleil10, Now, look deeply at thses teachings. They are God's. Then, is it within God's plan that people will do harm? Is it within God's plan that people may deviate from Him? Is it within His plan that others may get harmed by others? Is it within His plan that some may turn awat from Him? Yes, it is within His plan and Will.
Now, I hope you may understand in clear way what God's will means. It simply means anything happening in this world, it is He who wills it because it is already within His Plan.
I think, Soleil10, you confuse between what God wants for us, and with God's plan. It is for sure that God wants for us all the goodness, but it is also for sure that God has within His plan that people, and He is Their Creator and the best knower of them, may deviate from his plan and that suffering, corruption and so on will prevail. It is all within His plan.
I hope I make point clear...
God is patient and will win at the end but we are and have hurt his plans for so long. God is a suffering God.
I believe that God is patient, and His patiency is that of mercy and love. He gives the unjust the opportunity to repent and be back to Him. Yet, I totally disagree that God is suffering. Why? simply because He can destroy all of us and bring new people in a glimpse of eye.
God is not in a battle, Soleil10. There is no one equal to God, no one. Everything is under His control and dominion. Nothing goes out from His plan. It is we who are in battle, and that's was the lesson to be deduced from Adam and Eve..