How Does Our All Knowing God Give Us Free Will?

I often ponder the concept of free will. God says we have free will, but do we really if He’s all knowing? If He already knows what’s going to happen, what decisions we’re going to make, what the outcomes will be, how do we have free will? How is our life about choices? So, aren’t we more like God’s pawns? One can say yes because we were put on Earth to please and serve God.

I’m an educator, a scholar of many subjects . . . an academic. I was taught to ask questions. Even the hard ones. The cornerstone of Christianity is faith. God didn’t intend for us to know everything and He doesn’t reveal everything to us. So does that mean we are not supposed to question God, to ask Him questions?  Does faith take it to that extreme?  Just believe. Don’t ask questions because there aren’t answers to everything. Just believe because God said so?

So again, I ask. How do we have free will if God is all knowing? This is a paradox. The answer is because God says so in his Word. Everything about this premise is based on faith because that means you also have to take the Bible as the word of God.

I’m going to have to study this topic to find the answers that I seek . . . pray for me.