When Men Choose God

A lesser God would have made a better
Than man for fellowship in Paradise.
That new-made would have obeyed to the letter
And have no failings; no lust, to entice.
Attending faithfully upon the Lord;
Grateful to be made; living ev'ry day,
A note tuned in pitch to the minor chord
Prescribed by God; sin not having its way.
Not like men, unfit even to replace
The angel traitors cast down for their sin;
Not like men, prone to stray, their God disgrace;
His kindness spurned, His name shamed among men!
But, men were made weak, and God glorified;
When they chose God, His strength caused them rise!

Evil began in heaven when archangel Lucifer led one third of the angels to rebel against God. (See Revelation 12:7-9) This a mystery, because angels, as a rule, do not have free will; its explanation will have to wait until we see God in heaven. However, being cast to earth, where they have dwelled since being cast out, Satan was already here when Adam and Eve, the first human beings, were made. He enticed them to sin immediately, and they fell to temptation, as has each person since.

This poem speaks of the weakness of men. All of us are guilty of sin by our own choice. Every sin we commit is an offense against God and brings disgrace upon His name. Even after a person chooses Jesus as his Lord and seeks to love as He loved, that person continues to sin. Marianne Williamson, speaking on Oprah's daily radio program, will delude the person by saying there is no sin, but she is wrong, according to the Bible. We sin, and we should feel guilty; however, we have God's strength to make our weaknesses get stronger and eventually go away.

The Bible tells us that God intentionally chooses the weak things of this world to shame the mighty; He made man weak on purpose so that he could become strong by choosing God.

"But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things---and the things that are not---to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him." (1 Corinthians 1:27-29)

Why was man made so weak? So that when by free will we choose God, His strength causes us to become strong, and we give him the credit and glory, not we ourselves.