Will my actions affect God's eternal plans?
No.
God doesn’t rule the universe by waiting for you to make a choice.
Before we pray for something, God has heard our prayer AND answered that prayer. It’s a hard concept to understand in human terms, but an all knowing God has even forgiven us before we sin, because He has already heard our repentance that we have yet to do.
But there is a difference between His will for man and His knowledge of whether man has followed His path. Think of God’s will as the original Garden of Eden. Sin/disobedience is never God’s will. He foreknew that we would sin and disobey, and while that is not His perfect will, He allowed it because He also knew that Jesus would redeem these people.
God is omniscient (all knowing).
God is sovereign.
God is holy.
Psalm 139:2-6 — You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.
You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
{Such} knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is {too} high, I cannot attain to it.
Isaiah 40:13-14 — Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has informed Him?
With whom did He consult and {who} gave Him understanding? And {who} taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding?
Isaiah 44:7 — `Who is like Me? Let him proclaim and declare it; Yes, let him recount it to Me in order, From the time that I established the ancient nation. And let them declare to them the things that are coming And the events that are going to take place.
2 Samuel 7:22 — ~"For this reason You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
Isaiah 46:9-11 — "Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; {I am} God, and there is no one like Me,
Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, `My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure';
Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man of My purpose from a far country. Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned {it, surely} I will do it.
Leviticus 19:2 — "Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, `You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
1 Peter 1:15 — but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all {your} behavior;
Bible Answer From: The Holypop Team
God doesn’t rule the universe by waiting for you to make a choice.
Before we pray for something, God has heard our prayer AND answered that prayer. It’s a hard concept to understand in human terms, but an all knowing God has even forgiven us before we sin, because He has already heard our repentance that we have yet to do.
But there is a difference between His will for man and His knowledge of whether man has followed His path. Think of God’s will as the original Garden of Eden. Sin/disobedience is never God’s will. He foreknew that we would sin and disobey, and while that is not His perfect will, He allowed it because He also knew that Jesus would redeem these people.
God is omniscient (all knowing).
God is sovereign.
God is holy.
You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
{Such} knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is {too} high, I cannot attain to it.
With whom did He consult and {who} gave Him understanding? And {who} taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding?
Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, `My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure';
Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man of My purpose from a far country. Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned {it, surely} I will do it.