Will

A man uses a knife to cut slices of watermelon. Did the knife cut the melon? or did the man? Was it the man's will that effected sliced watermelon?

Same man. He programs a robot to use a knife to cut up a watermelon. Fancier, but is it effectively any different? The man's will programmed the robot and delicious watermelon slices are the result. No matter how fancy the robot may be and no matter how artistic the slices may be, the man's will sliced a watermelon.

Same man, different robot. Now he programs the robot to fish. He says "seek only yellow tuna and go." He codes subroutines for hunting out shoals, ocean currents, maps and fishing techniques. The robot journey's the seas catching yellow tuna. The robot will make many decisions on its way... many the man could not have predicted at the time the robot was programmed, but still the man's will can be said to be at work here. Afterall, without the man the robot is just so much metal.

God creates a man. He programs him with only a single instruction... Live. He follows this instruction until the end of his days. Perhaps God can not predict exactly what will befall his creation. But it can not be denied that programming exists. I wonder what Will is mine and what is God's. Maybe we are the same.