If we are to believe God performs all of our actions, God controls all of our actions, then a question would be: Why did God make some souls do bhakti (devotion), and by doing bhakti, they attained Him and they got perfect Divine bliss forever. And God never made us do bhakti. He made us do just a mix of good and bad actions, and because of that, we are being reborn again and again in this world, since eternity till now, unlimited births with unlimited suffering.
So, what did we ever do to God? This is injustice! He made Tulsidas ji and Mirabai and all these souls do bhakti. They attained Him and got perfect bliss forever, and instead of making us do bhakti, He made us do normal worldly actions, and we are suffering as a result. So, why couldn’t He make us do bhakti?
Well, the answer is He didn’t make those souls do bhakti. He gave them the power just like He gives us, and they decided to do bhakti. They made the determination that, “I have to attain God in this life,” and they followed that path and reached their goal.
If God were the one controlling all of our actions, then there would be no need for Him to reveal any scriptures. See, the scriptures are like an instruction manual. They give the guidance for how to live one’s life. He could have just written one shlok (verse) or one mantra and just said, “Whatever I want you to do, I’ll make it happen, because I’m the one controlling your actions.” And instead, (there are) a hundred thousand mantras in the Vedas of vidhi-niṣhedh (do’s and don’ts): this is right, this is wrong. Do this. Don’t do that. What would be the need for all of that guidance, for all of those rules? He could have just said, “Whatever I want you to do, I’ll have you do it.” So, it’s obvious that this is not the situation.
God is not the one controlling our actions. God gives us the power to perform actions, and we have to decide what to do with it.
