God Is Sovereign

God Is Sovereign

"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all." 1 Chronicles 29:11

The sovereignty of God is something that each of us must come to understand. God is in control of all things! The late preacher and author, Arthur W. Pink, helps us to understand this most often confused doctrine:

The sovereignty of God is an expression that once was generally understood. It was a phrase commonly used in religious literature. It was a theme frequently expounded in the pulpit. It was a truth which brought comfort to many hearts and gave strength and stability to Christian character.
But it many quarters today, to make mention of God's sovereignty is to speak in an unknown tongue. Were we to announce from the average pulpit that the sermon topic would be the sovereignty of God, it would sound very much as though we had borrowed a phrase from one of the dead languages. How sad that the doctrine which is key to history, the interpreter of providence, the warp and woof of Scripture, the foundation of Christian theology, should be so sadly neglected and so little understood!

When we speak of the sovereignty of God, we mean the SUPREMACY of God, the KINGSHIP of God, the GODHEAD of God. To say that God is sovereign is to declare that GOD IS GOD. To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the MOST HIGH, who does as He pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of earth, so that no one can hold back His hand or say to Him: "What have You done?" (Daniel 4:35).

To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the ALMIGHTY, the possessor of all power in heaven and earth, so that NO ONE can defeat HIS plans, thwart HIS purposes, or resist HIS will (Psalm 115:3). To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is "the blessed and ONLY Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords. (1 Timothy 6:15) Such is the God of the Bible. -- from HOW GREAT THOU ART -- Multnomah


By the way, Arthur W. Pink was a Bible teacher and commentator who lived from 1886 - 1952! Today, you and I can rest in the fact that we have a God who is sovereign, not just in some things, but in ALL things. All this truth to burn in your heart as you prepare for the Lord's day. -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK

Digging Deeper: Proverbs 20; Joshua 4-6; Luke 1:1-20

Dig This Quote: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of Christians is a God of love and comfort, a God who fills the soul and heart of those whom he possesses, a God who makes them conscious of their inward wretchedness, and his infinite mercy; who unites himself to their inmost soul, who fills it with humility and joy, with confidence and love, who renders them incapable of any other end than himself. Blaise Pascal

Determined Digging: Level 1 -- Psalm 46:10; Psalm 46:1-7