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Have you stopped and acknowledged God’s complete sovereignty over everything? Control is such an illusory thing. Control is like a mirage out in the desert. We trick ourselves into thinking we have complete control over our lives, and then the doctor comes back with the report, or the police station calls your house, or you get that dreaded letter in the mail. As much as we try and delude ourselves into thinking that we are the masters of our universe, we’re not, and we know it.
God is in control. And not just partial or most of the way. God is in complete control, all the time. Romans 9 reminds us of this in the most blunt and direct way possible.
18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
19 One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?” 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’” 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use? Romans 9:18-21
God is in complete control of everything. And if at some point we take issue with that, Paul’s words are sound, “And who are you to talk back to God?” When viewed openly and fully, the sovereignty of God (his complete control over everything) should absolutely silence us. God has always been, is today, and will always be sovereign over the universe. He is God, we are not. He is in control, we are not. Every once in awhile, we simply need to be reminded of that, to be knocked off our perch, and give honor and glory where it is due. Have you stopped and acknowledged God’s complete sovereignty over everything?
Prayer: God, you are Sovereign over everything. I don’t question it, I acknowledge it in humility and submission. You are Lord of all.
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