Someone has expressed these three truths as they relate to us in this way:"God in His love always wills what is best for us.In His wisdom He always knows what is best,and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about."
The sovereignty of God is asserted,either expressly or implicitly,on almost every page of the Bible.
Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?(Lamentations 3:37-38)
This passage can offend many people.They find it difficult to accept that both calamities and good things come from God.Jesus himself affirmed God's sovereignty in calamity when Pilate said to Him,"Don't you realize I have power to either free you or to crucify you?"Jesus replied,"You have no power over me if it were not given to you from above"(John 19:10-11).Jesus acknowledged God's sovereign control over His life.
Because God's sacrifice of His son for our sins is such an amazing act of love toward us,we tend to overlook that it was for Jesus an excruciating experience beyond all we can imagine.It was for Jesus in His humanity a calamity sufficient to cause Him to pray,"My Father,if it is possible,may this cup be taken from me"(Mathew 26:39),but He did not waver in His assertion of God's sovereign control.
Whatever our particular calamity or adversity may be,we may be sure that our Father has a loving purpose in it.God does not exercise His sovereignty capriciously,but only in such a way as his infinite love deems best for us.Jeremiah wrote,"Though he brings grief,He will show compassion,so great is His unfailing love.For He does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men"(Lamentations 3:32-33)
Oh,the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!!How unsearchable His judgements,and His paths beyond tracing out!(Romans 11:33)
God's plan and His ways of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand.We must learn to trust when we don't understand.In order to trust God we must know Him in an intimate,personal way.David said in Psalm 9:10,"Those who know your name will trust in you,for you Lord,have never forsaken those who seek you."
The sovereignty of God is asserted,either expressly or implicitly,on almost every page of the Bible.
Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?(Lamentations 3:37-38)
Because God's sacrifice of His son for our sins is such an amazing act of love toward us,we tend to overlook that it was for Jesus an excruciating experience beyond all we can imagine.It was for Jesus in His humanity a calamity sufficient to cause Him to pray,"My Father,if it is possible,may this cup be taken from me"(Mathew 26:39),but He did not waver in His assertion of God's sovereign control.
Whatever our particular calamity or adversity may be,we may be sure that our Father has a loving purpose in it.God does not exercise His sovereignty capriciously,but only in such a way as his infinite love deems best for us.Jeremiah wrote,"Though he brings grief,He will show compassion,so great is His unfailing love.For He does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men"(Lamentations 3:32-33)
Oh,the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!!How unsearchable His judgements,and His paths beyond tracing out!(Romans 11:33)
God's plan and His ways of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand.We must learn to trust when we don't understand.In order to trust God we must know Him in an intimate,personal way.David said in Psalm 9:10,"Those who know your name will trust in you,for you Lord,have never forsaken those who seek you."
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