This also answers the questions in my heart, sometimes few days ago I was asking myself this random question as to why did God who created man gave man 100% free will power to do as he pleases, Because God had a plan and a purpose for man which it would have been easy to make man just obey and do his will all through his life time.
If you look carefully at the world today you see different people doing whatever they please things that do not please God in anyway, no wonder The Bible says that the father seeketh true worshippers, to worship him In spirit and in truth, he's looking for true worshippers because he wants genuine heart felt true worship.
While I ponder in those questions I realise why, you see God created man in his own image and likeness and gave man dominion and power to rule, that means everything God is we are, and for us to be in charge of the earth and subdue it and have dominion over it, man needed to be 100% himself that is ability to make decisions and choices, to rule, manage all that God has created and handed over to him....
But along the line an enemy sowed thorns in the heart of man that causes him to rebelled against his creator, hence the question
Does God has the ability to control the fate of man?
Bro Eli in his teachings answered these questions very well, since God has given man 100% control over his will he (God)won't come into a man unless that man gives God permission, as Bro Eli said God will step in to control a man's fate only if that man surrenders to the will of God then God will come in to decide his destinies remember he's our creator so he knows better, now if God should decide the fate of a man then that man will become all that God has planned out for him.
.but on the contrary if a man decides to live his life in his own doing whatever pleases him his destinies is in his hands he controls his fate and destiny whatever happens God won't interfere, but then there will be struggles, hardship, unfavorable circumstances not be cause God place them there but because he's try to do things on his own, if he allows God to. then God who sees ahead of things will, like a driver navigate the course of his life off the track towards a better direction won't allow him encounter danger...even if he eventually falls into it, God knows how to bring him out...
That's why we should learn to lean on God And Not according to our own understanding....