What if God didn’t create you?
Deuteronomy 30:19 taught me that being alive isn’t some punishment... it's God giving us the option to choose.
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.” -Deuteronomy 30:19
We ask questions like:
“If God really loved us…why would He create a world where people suffer?”
To be honest, this is a question i’ve been asking God lately too.
If He’s good, why pain?
If He’s loving, why risk hell?
But what if the better question isn’t:
☓“Why did God create us?”
But instead:
✓“What would it mean if He didn’t?”
Not creating you wouldn’t have protected you… it would’ve erased you
Let’s say God looked at the suffering ahead…the confusion, heartbreak, sin, loss… and said:
“Nope. Not worth it. I’ll spare them.”
Sounds like best option right? But that decision would’ve meant:
No you.
No joy.
No love.
No growth.
No freedom.
→No choice.
He wouldn’t just be saving you from pain. He’d be deciding for you… that you’d never live at all.
And that’s not love. That’s a choice made for you before you even had the chance to speak. Because maybe…you would’ve wanted the chance.
Even with the risk. Even with the pain.
Maybe the point isn’t being protected from suffering… maybe it’s being trusted with the power to choose.
This isn’t just a nice verse…it’s the whole point of why we are here.
“I set before you life and death… blessing and cursing…therefore choose life.”
That’s the invitation.
God didn’t say,
“Obey me or else.”
He said:
“Here’s the reality. Two paths. 1 leads to life. 1 doesn’t. I’m begging you: please choose life.”
That line alone proves something people miss about God:
He doesn’t force you. He offers you a choice.
And the fact that you can say no…is what makes your “yes” mean something.
If He forced you into heaven, it wouldn’t be heaven
Let’s say God created you and said:
“You’re all coming to heaven… no matter what.”
Sounds comforting.
But then what?
You’re just floating through eternity on autopilot.
You didn’t choose it.
You didn’t grow into it.
You didn’t even say yes.
You just… got handed the ending.
That’s not relationship. That’s programming.
Love doesn’t trap.
Love gives you an exit…even if it means you might walk away.
So why are we here?
Not to have every answer.
Not to live pain-free.
But to decide.
God gave you like 70 to 100 years. That’s it.
Not forever… just enough time to figure things out. It’s like He’s saying,
“Here’s your shot. See what you’ll do with it.”
A window.
A moment.
A chance to choose what actually matters..
And in that space, He placed this moment:
→ A choice between life and death.
→ Between Him and everything else.
Not forced. Not manipulated.
Just offered.
Deuteronomy 30:19 is about freedom.
God says:
“I’ve given you around 120 years of life. I’ve set the options in front of you. And I’m pleading with you…not demanding…to choose life.”
Because in the end, the most loving thing He could’ve done…was give you the chance.
That’s the verse of the day.
I love you and more importantly God loves you.
-Yapper4Jesus
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