Do we defer to the sovereignty of God only in matters perplexing or mysterious? Or when confounded by difficulties beyond our grasp? Some wield the sovereignty of God as ominous and threatening - a thing we must fear to impugn. This works well to control immature believers with uncertainties about God's will and purpose for them. But what do we do with God's sovereignty with regard to revelations and commands He's made perfectly clear?

What does it say about your view of God's sovereignty, when having been given explicit authority from Christ to do his works, yet you refuse to do them?

What does it say about your view of sovereignty when you have heard the command of Jesus to go proclaim His Gospel and make disciples, but you refuse?

What do you do with the revelation of Christ that your advancement and effectiveness in His Kingdom is predicated entirely on how and how much you believe? That, nothing shall be impossible to him who believes? That whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do. That, without faith it is impossible to please God?

You cannot relegate these simple, direct and practical topics to the unknowable depths of God's sovereignty. No. The sovereignty card is not a convenient alibi for unwillingness to pursue what God has made plain and pertinent.

What does it say about your view of sovereignty when Jesus Christ has given you authority to heal the sick and cast out demons, and has commanded you to do so, but you won't?

You could say, "I can't do that stuff. It's impossible!" Any you'd be right . . . except:

Jesus commands nothing that He has not authorized and empowered us to execute. He promises to meet our faith-full words and actions with His works of power. No promise from God is empty of power, for with God there is no such thing as impossibility Lk 1:37 TPT

The feeble reason posited for our refusal is fear of presumption upon the sovereignty of God. When really it's for fear of man that we withhold the Good News and keep our lighted candle under a bushel. It's for fear of failure that we won't act on Jesus' authority to heal the sick. Behind it all is, let's be honest, a lack of faith in God.

"How dare you say I have a lack of faith!" one might say.
Well, consider that if faith can be exercised and developed, that presumes moving from weakness to strength. Jude himself exhorts us: But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit. . . Jude 1:20

Numerous times Jesus scolded His disciples by saying, O you of little faith.
But to the Canaanite, He says, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.
And again, to the woman hemorrhaging blood, He says, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”
Are these not proof enough that our measure of faith matters?

If you have been sovereignly commanded to do a thing, then who are you to refuse it? Who do you imagine is presuming sovereignty in such a case? Are you not 'sovereignly' dismissing God's commands?

Just because some people have applied God's commands, promises and authority inappropriately, gives us no excuse for not doing them humbly and properly. Our convenience has no bearing on God's sovereignty. We're better to trust Him for mysteries He's not yet revealed, and in joyful faith, obey what He's made plain.