Some brief thoughts on God’s Sovereignty
As I continue to read and study the Scriptures, there is one amazing Truth I cannot get away from. IT is the truth of God’s Sovereignty. This is one of, if not the most fundamental doctrines to understand. God is Sovereign.
Psalm 65: 3-4 “When inquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions. Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!”
It struck me the phrase, “you choose to bring near, to dwell in your courts.” We know from the words of Christ in Matthew that He says, “All authoirty in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, has all power, and authority in this world, and that includes over you and I. I know, I know, man does not like that thought. Man doesn’t want to give up his power and control. We like to make prayers to God as a Calvinist, but when it comes to Salvation, it is man’s choice. How can this be when man is dead in his trespasses and sins, and is at enmity with God?
We know that Jesus Christ died on the Cross to atone for the sins of men, but which men? Well if we are honest with the Scriptures we will see that he atoned for the sins of His people, His sheep. Those He chose to die for are the ones, whose sins He atoned for. How could He have atoned for the sins of some man who is in Hell? If this be true, then He died in vain and His blood was wasted. Would it not also stand to reason, that if Christ said that He is going to prepare a place for us (John 14), that He would know exactly who He was building it for?
The Sovereignty of God is one of the most comforting things in all of Scripture to understand and get ahold of. When we understand that we are NOT in control, that God has all things under His control, and there is not one maverick molecule in all the world, that we can rest in that, and in essence, rest in Him.
Wedding Dress…
Here is a song by Derek Webb called Wedding Dress. It is a powerful song with some hard lyrics that I pray causes you as it has me to search within my own heart and examine my own relationship with the Lord….May it be used for HIS glory…
Some reflection…
As I sit here this morning with a coffee, and the quiet of the morning, my mind wanders. It is always thinking. As I have sat and spent some time in God’s Word, I think even more and the Lord calls other things to mind as well. I am grateful and thankful to God for His Mercy, Grace, and Love toward me. I am reading through Jeremiah, and all through the book so far, it is so much about what God is doing, about His justice and judgement. I read through passages in Ephesians, and Romans, and realize all the more just how undeserving I am of God’s Mercy and Grace. The thought that He chose me, and that all He does is for His own glory and pleasure. That somehow He gets glory and pleasure out of having saved my poor wicked sinful soul. Nothing is more comforting and reassuring to me than to know that God chose me, and I did not choose Him. How could I anyway? …In my lost condition, I was dead in my sins, doing nothing but sinning. I was enslaved to it, in complete bondage to it. I was at enmity with God, so how could I have of my own free will chosen Him? It is impossible. All those who say that it is, are taking Glory away from God and giving it to man. I know that it has been so long since I have posted anything, and shame on me for not using this blog more, all to bring glory to the name of the Lord…..May all glory be given to the Lord Jesus Christ for the work that He is doing in this world. Soli deo Gloria!
Called & Saved By His Grace 