#2: God's Ability to Intercede in Our Lives

Today, I would like to touch on the subject of how God intercedes in our lives, and the degree to which He can step in and moderate how things turn out for us.
First, God definitely has the power to remake us and the world in any way He wants; He is God after all, and to believe He doesn't have that kind of power is to believe that He isn't really God. But, as I stated last post, He purposely limits Himself from reaching His physical hand down to Earth from the heavens and scooping us from danger, or smiting the infidels, because that would violate our ability to make our own decisions. Still, He can intercede in anyone's affairs so long as it does not violate our free will.
The main way that God operates in the world, I believe, is within the scheme of probability. He can make things more or less likely to happen, if His followers request Him to, or just out of concern for His followers, and regarding those that do not believe in or follow Him. Again, as last time, I do believe that probability is an independent idea, and that some things just happen, and don't have a greater significance. But, I also believe that probability, like science, is part of the program for how the universe works, and that God set it in motion at the beginning of everything. And, just as our own actions can make some event more or less likely to happen, God can affect probability as well, and this lets Him act behind the scenes so our faith and beliefs are not called into question and our free will is not violated.
God can take a more active role in our lives when we believe in Him, because our belief makes it so that His existence and aid do not violate our will. When we believe, we give God the leeway to answer our prayers and intercede to a greater degree in our lives. And, the more our will coincides with His, the more He can act in our lives and guide us on the path we should take. This means that, if we were to give up our own wills, we would be living only for God, and He would be able to govern every aspect of our lives. But I don't think, personally, that that is what God wants us to do. If He wanted us all to worship Him full time and do nothing else, I think He would have just created us in Heaven to serve Him as He did with the angels. No, the fact that we have free will says to me that God wants us to live our own lives, have families, jobs, and fun, and to believe in and worship Him. He wants there to be a balance in our lives. So, while a monastic life solely of worship seems the most noble path, it misses out on so much of the world that God created for us, that I personally cannot follow such a path. I try to defer to God's will, because I know that He knows best, but I still have my own personal goals. And I feel that this is the way God wants me to be.