Does God do things against mans desires?

When some false preacher teaches people doctrines of demons by saying:

Help those decieved by such lies, explain the truth of Scripture so they can flee error and go run to the truth. 

Matthew 23:15. Calls out the false teachers and their followers, warning:

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves."

Helps explaining this topic to those under the influence of decieving teachers: 

Romans 3:11

there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.

>>So unless God intervenes, no one would believe.

"And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified,..." Romans 8:30.

See Mark 9:24, Hebrews 12:2, Eph. 2:8

Ephesians 2:4-5, "But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved."

While a browsing glance at Mark 6:4-13 might appear to some that Jesus wasn’t able to perform any great miracles because of the familiarity of his relatives and the people of His hometown. It may say He wasn’t able to, but "didnt" does not mean that he "couldnt", he just chose not to. He was amazed at their lack of faith. If someone takes this text out of context, or adds to what it says by a personal meaning, they would easily come to this conclusion that your unbelief will hinder the Almighty GOD from moving in your life.

Proverbs 16:9 

"The mind of man plans his [own] way, But the LORD [changes] directs his steps."

If it is in God's will it will be done. He will make it happen. Man cannot thwart the Almighty God. 

So God both accomplishes His Will for His plans with humanity, but also in the area of Salvation, he draws and reasons & together at the same time converts; thus its done when you have right desires, to recieve that salvation. 

To understand, we need to look both at God’s sovereign plan for humanity broadly and His specific work of salvation, as they interrelate. 

1. God’s Sovereign Will and His Plans for Humanity

God is actively accomplishing His purposes in all of human history. Scripture repeatedly affirms that nothing takes Him by surprise, and everything unfolds according to His plan:

• God ordains events: “The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all” (Psalm 103:19). This shows that His authority extends over all human history, nations, and circumstances.

• Human history and human hearts are included: God works “all things according to the counsel of his will” (Ephesians 1:11). Every historical event, societal shift, and personal circumstance fits within His sovereign design.

This means that God’s overarching purposes—including judgment, blessing, calling, and salvation—are always accomplished. Humans act and make choices, but these occur within God’s unthwartable plan.

2. God’s Work in Salvation

Within His universal plan, God also acts specifically to bring individuals to salvation. This work is both sovereign and relational:

• God draws and converts: “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him” (John 6:44). God initiates the process, opening hearts and granting understanding.

• God works through human faculties: He doesn’t force a person like a puppet; He engages the mind and heart. Faith and repentance are real human acts, but they are enabled by God’s grace (Philippians 2:13).

• The believer’s response matters: When a person’s desires are rightly oriented—repentance, longing for God, trust in Christ—they genuinely receive salvation. This is not a precondition we achieve ourselves but the effect of God’s renewing work.

To explain a bit more....

Scripture presents it as a dynamic, mysterious interplay: God sovereignly initiates and accomplishes salvation, yet humans experience it personally and respond to it.

• God accomplishes His will in salvation

Scripture is clear that God has an overarching plan that cannot fail. Verses like Isaiah 46:10 (“My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose”) remind us that nothing happens outside of God’s knowledge and design. This includes the salvation of those He chooses. Salvation is ultimately God’s work—He orchestrates, prepares, and completes it.

• God draws and convicts the human heart

God doesn’t save in isolation from human experience. John 6:44 says, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.” Here, drawing is active—God moves the heart, opens understanding, and stirs desire toward Him. This is more than a passive nudging; it’s a purposeful engagement with the person’s will and reason.

• Human desire and response

Scripture also shows that when the Spirit works in a person, their desires are aligned with God’s invitation (Philippians 2:13: “for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure”). The person is not coerced; they truly desire God and respond to His grace. This desire itself is a gift from God, but it is experienced personally and consciously.

• The union of divine action and human experience

Salvation is thus both God’s work and the believer’s experience. God initiates, convicts, and converts, yet the human response—repentance, faith, and acceptance—is real. The “rightness” of the desire isn’t a prerequisite we manufacture on our own; it is given by God, yet it requires our conscious reception. This harmonizes God’s sovereignty with authentic human response.

Summary: God sovereignly accomplishes His plan of salvation, actively drawing and renewing hearts. Yet salvation is experienced personally: when a person’s desires are rightly ordered by God, they truly respond in faith and repentance. It’s not human achievement, but God’s work manifested in human reception.

3. How the Two Work Together

Here’s where the harmony is key:

• God’s plan is universal and sovereign: All human history unfolds under His guidance.

• Salvation is personal and relational: God draws, convicts, and converts individuals, enabling them to respond in faith.

• Human desire and reception are real, yet divinely given: Our genuine response to God is itself the fruit of His action. He orchestrates the heart to align with His will, making salvation both God’s work and the human experience.

In other words, God’s plan is the canvas, and salvation is the detailed brushstroke on a person’s life. Both are fully God’s work, but salvation uniquely involves human consciousness, reasoning, and willing reception, which God actively and graciously brings about.

So God both accomplishes His Will for His plans with humanity, but also in the area of Salvation, he draws and reasons & together at the same time converts; thus its done when you have right desires, to recieve that salvation. 

Here are some biblical examples:

Genesis 20:6

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

Exodus 4:21

And the LORD said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day.

Jude 1:24

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy

Exodus 12:36

Yahweh had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

The Bible repeatedly affirms God's sovereign rule over humanity. Here God made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the Jews as they were leaving their bondage in Egypt.

Joshua 11:20

For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might utterly destroy them, that they might receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them.

God hardened the hearts of the Canaanites with the explicit intention of eradicating them from the earth.

Ezra 1:1 

​Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

God's moving of the heart of Cyrus, king of Persia, to fulfill God's word and permit the Jews to return and build their temple.

Daniel 4:34-35

For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth; and no one can strike against His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'

God's causing Nebuchadnezzar to transform into an animal for seven years for the ultimate purpose of declaring God's sovereignty over all people, including the king himself.While Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation emphasizes the unquestionable authority of God, this concept finds further affirmation in...

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of Yahweh; He turns it wherever He pleases. 

These instances illustrate how God's sovereignty extends even to the hearts of powerful rulers, reinforcing the overarching theme of His control over humanity. God rules over all decisions and actions; He moves people to do His will and He restrains people from accomplishing what they desire, when and wherever He wants. If God can control the stubborn heart of the most powerful man in a kingdom – the king, He can certainly control everyone else. And it is always for a good, & good reason. 

Ephesians 1:11

also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,

Romans 9:21

Does not the potter have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

Further understanding & clarity on this topic can be found here in the FAQ section.

*The only freewill humans have is to sin. That is only temporary since theyll only love sin until God interveenes and saves them (transforming them into a lover of righteousness). Those who "will be saved" will be, and will be grateful to God (once they are redeemed). Having desires that are Godward now. 

Revelation 13:8 "All who live on the earth... [who?] everyone whose name has not [what] been written since the foundation of the world [where?] in the book of life of [Jesus] the Lamb who [did what?] was slain from the creation of the world."

⭐ How does he do it?

Footnotes: 

this is only one of the many false things "Furtick the heretic" the false preacher says. If you dont read the Bible, and you lack an understanding in the Essentials of Christianity... any deciever can dupe you into believing lies. You must read and know the Bible & a result is you cant be decieved by charlatans.