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Youhave to go back to the very beginning. The thing about God's sovereign will isthat He generally chooses not to enforce it Himself. God created creation, andHe was in charge of it. God created man, and yielded His sovereignty to giveman authority over creation. His deal with Adam was, I'll walk with you, talkwith you, lend you an ear and give you advice, but what you say Adam, that’s whatgoes. You, Adam, are the authority. So Adam then gives that away to satan. Godcould have, in His sovereign power, taken it all back. But then that would put Him in authority, andthat wasn't what He wanted. His intent/will was for man to have authority.
So to restore what God intended/willed meant a man had to take authority backfrom satan. But who could do such a thing? Well, only God, coming to us as aman. So the Messiah comes and indeed takes back authority. But He has notreturned to enforce it. Power in the heavenlies is His, but satan still runsthe terra firma. That's where our partnership comes in. It's God's sovereignwill that we participate with Him in the enforcement of His authority overcreation. And we do that thru prayer and partnering in the gifts andmanifestations of the Holy Spirit.
I liken it as to a Sheriff. The sheriff holds the authority, but he doesn'tpatrol the streets chasing down perps. He has deputies who enforce hisauthority for him. Christ is our sheriff, we are his deputies, charged toenforce His authority in a land run by satan until He returns.
How does this help you? That means as a Christian you have Christ's authorityto strike back. I've always thought that you can tell how powerful one might befor God, by how hard hell works to hold them under. satan attacks people hesees as a threat the hardest. But Christ has overcome satan, ergo Christ in youhas the ability to pound him back - and harder.
With the knowledge that if we persevere we will see the day Christ comes backto pound him personally.
We are an occupying force in a hostile land. But it's rulers have beenovercome, and it up to us to rip them from their spider holes... and to not beintimidated by them. Greater is He that is in us, than he that isin the world - it's just up to us to act like it.
God yields his will to give us the authority to participate in bringing HisWill to bear in this world. Which was after all His original intent/will.