If we believe in the sovereignty of God, and we believe in the omniscience of God, it seems a fair question to ask: why bother

Among these dark Satanic mills
If we believe in the sovereignty of God, and we believe in the omniscience of God, it seems a fair question to ask: why bother
There is a little story that I remember being told as a child that still floats around in the ether. One version of the story