Sovereignty: September 23, 2009

TODAYS WORD FOR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2009.

SOVEREIGNTY

Defined by Webster:

The quality or state of being sovereign; status; dominion; power; royalty; supreme and independent power or authority in a state.

GODS WORD

“I will praise Your mighty deeds, O Sovereign lord. I will tell everyone that you alone are just.” Psalm 71:16.

WORDS FROM KEN AND DOTTIE

The Sovereignty of God is a theological term meaning that our God has absolute authority and right of dominion over all His creation, because He is the self-existent creator. He has the sovereign right to do whatever He pleases. Some times we may think that He is not acting as we think, particularly when we look at the evil and corruption in this world we live in. He is all sovereign so we cannot question what He is doing.

God is in absolute control of all things and of all people. The powers of darkness, sin, Satan, demons, and the wickedness of mankind cannot alter the purpose of our sovereign God.

Habakkuk, a prophet of God, questioned God’s inactivity concerning the evil that prevailed in Judah in his day. He cried out to God with all his concerns. He said there is violence and evil deeds every where. People love to argue and fight. The wicked far out number the righteous. Justice has become perverted and there is no justice in the courts. He could have been describing the day and age we are living in today. Habakkuk felt God was not seeing or hearing what was going on.

In Habakkuk 1:5-6 God answered and assured Habakkuk that He was already doing something about it. God said: “I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you.” Judah’s day of reckoning was coming. God was raising up the Babylonians who God would use to punish Judah. God is in absolute control of all things and of all people and not obligated to reveal the what or the why of His works.

Even these prophets of old found it hard to understand the sovereignty of God and the same is true of us today. But we do know that God has unlimited authority over all things and that He always creates and molds everything perfectly --- even our lives when we put our trust in Him.

TODAYS FAMILY PRAYER

Thank You that I serve a sovereign God. I stand in awe at Your marvelous works and come to You as my God who is all knowing, all powerful and sovereign. Help me to radiate Your sin free life to my peers.