Let’s be honest, there are few theological concepts that seem to make modern Christians tense up like predestination. Some people hear predestination and don’t like it because it makes it seem like God is some cold, cosmic chess master. Others weaponize it like a trophy, proud they “get it,” looking down on the people who don’t. Others avoid it altogether, nervously tiptoeing around it, afraid that saying the word out loud might start a theological fight. But here’s the irony: when Paul taught this doctrine, it wasn’t to stir up debates, inflate egos, or make people squirm. It was to give a suffering 1st-century church comfort, to remind the redeemed that in a world wrecked by pain and uncertainty, God’s plan hasn’t fallen apart—and it never will. He wants them to remember their salvation didn’t begin with them. It started with God, and it’s still in His hands. Today, I hope to pull resentment, arrogance, and fear out of predestination and replace them with awe, comfort, and worship.