The sovereignty of God does not mean the He predetermines a person’s freely chosen actions. Besides that, He put us in a garden and planted all the trees of the garden and told us to leave one of them alone. He gave us the power to choose. God does not always get His way in what happens in His world. He is always at work in the world. His sovereignty means that He is LORD even when humans become their own god.
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.” Genesis 3:6-8 (KJV)
From “In The Steps of The Shepherd”, by H. Lamar Smith
