Yes, God is in control. Yes, God is Sovereign.

But what I hear hidden in this response is there is no requirement for His Children to act, pray or otherwise be Salt & Light.

It is, IMHO, the ultimate predestination cop out, that God does and will do everything Sovereignly without human interaction. Which He can do.

Which He will do if man, whom He has given dominion over the earth abdicates that role.

In effect this makes us literal pawns in God's chess game without any free will, volition or opportunity to take part.

Another word concept this engenders is meticulous control, meaning each and every little thing is under God's direct control and in effect all man has to do is sit still and let God do.

Comes, back to the old Faith without works is dead, even if you can't, by good works score points with God for your good works.

We are nonetheless encouraged to fill our lives with good works.

What good is being God's Children if He can't watch us make our own mistakes and watch us learn and grow?

Is that what we want for our own children?

And, we were created in His image, spirit, soul and body as well as mind, will and emotions.

I have been all but screaming, only because I can't effectively scream in text, about our responsibility to both God and Man to be that Salt preservative and a shining Light both of God's Grace, and exposing sin.

Have you not read of the unjust judge that finally gives in to the widow and gives her justice, and God is a just God, but we were still given the example to persevere in prayer.

What does James say, "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much".

If one woman or one man can move the heavens think of what can be accomplished when a whole church prays in unity!

Lastly, God watches over His Word to perform it. Is there a Prophetic Word for every detail of our lives?

No of course not! If there were, prayer would have no meaning because the courses of everyone would be set in stone by prophecy.

So, if everything isn't set in prophetic stone doesn't that mean God has given us permission to reason together with Him as Abraham did for Lot?

I doubt I am expressing myself clearly. Remember that Paul never recorded that he was rebuked for asking God about something 3 times, but after 3 times he understood that the answer was no.

Most of us haven't even prayed fervently about anything once! And, we can't make ourselves pray fervently because we don’t think it will make a difference because we foolishly believe in absolute predestination and meticulous control.

Believe it or not God wants to hear His children's opinions and petitions, even if the answer is already no.