The few chosen depend and rely on God for EVERYTHING.
Very good point, Arcturus. I do rely on God for EVERYTHING. Hence my signature, even.
I believe it is He, and He alone, that can give us what we so desire. For it is He who gave us those desires in the first place.
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Phil 2:13So it is God which works in us, even to will...since we know we don't have a
free-will...and all we can do is make choices which have a causation and are therefore not free. It's the causation which causes us both to will, and to do of His good pleasure.
People like to think that, it was them themselves, that decided to create a child, and bring it into this world, all on their own, without God having anything to do with it-but we know that God is the Creator of Life, and they only decided to do so, because it was God working in them both to will, and to do of His good pleasure. That Child was foreknown by God, long before the child's parents were even born, so therefore, there was no way that child wasn't going to come into this world, since God already knew it will come into this world.
And they decided to name the child, exactly what God knew the child's name will be.
How's that for sovereignty? He knows the end from the beginning, He is the Alpha and Omega, and nobody can thwart His plans.
Not even Christendom, with their supposed "free-will"..
Just my thoughts,
Sorin