God's will vs. Man's will.... who's is free (er)

The question isn't if man has free will. Man certainly has the freedom of choice and he exercises this freedom everyday. There are other questions like does man's free will supersede the will of God? or just how free is man's free will? Historically this subject has been hotly debated and many on both sides of the issue hold strong emotional allegiance to thier respective views. In fact when this topic is set against the brackdrop of the biblical teaching of predestination it becomes a very sensitive undertaking; especially when the notion of man's soveriegn free will is either theatened or called into question. I do not pretend to suggest that I understand how to reconcile the truth of man's free will and the truth of God's sovereignty to elect a people for himself; I only beleive them both and thus do not try to cancel either one out.

But could it be that the free willers are overstating things just a little bit. I recognize that I have free will but I also cannot help but recognize how limited my free will is and how contrary it is at times to the living God. Man's free will is cherished and defended yet in most cases all he does with it is run to hell’s gate clamoring to get in. And at best it is a limited free will. I can’t will to fly, I can’t will to raise the dead, I can’t will my aunt’s cancer to leave, I can’t will my wayward family members or friends to recognize the grace and will of God (But God can). I often think if my free will opens the possibility of me running away from God; I  will just assume say thanks but no thanks. The value in free will in my estimation is only to the degree that I am able to run to Christ. there is no value in free will as I see if it is for me to run away from God.

God’s will is the only true free will there is and his will is sovereign (yes, don’t scream and rip your clothes) his will is even sovereign over our limited free will. Though man is a free moral agent his will cannot thwart the ultimate will of God. Oh you say but God is fair and just and would not violate the free will he has given man. You are right to say he is fair and just and does not violate. Whatever God does by definition is fair and just, that’s what sovereign God means. We are all sinners by nature and choice (which means by our own free will). And we all justly deserve the active wrath of God smashing down on us resulting in the eternal damnation of our souls without hope. Yet in God’s grace he chooses to save some. Again you say that is not fair nor just, God would not just save some. You say all should either be left to utter darkness with no hope or all should be saved and ushered into the glory of God? Is this your argument? Is that your cry? Listen to the apostle Paul. “Who are you O’ man who answers back to God” (Romans 9:20-24).

I think God’s wisdom is best. I am ecstatic that God in his grace acted on me, allowing me to choose him by my own free will through his ultimate will of electing me first, calling me and keeping me. My free will is not violated or compromised by God’s ultimate will of choosing for himself sons before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1). I do not know how this works but I will not choose one doctrine in God’s word over another. I will accept them all to the glory of God.