Good morning, beloved friends, God is Sovereign. Dr. David Jeremiah in his book, The God You May Not Know, in Chapter 9, discusses that God is Sovereign. In my mind, I know that God is good, that God knows everything, and now we need to comprehend His sovereignty.
“For the kingdom is the Lord’s, and He rules over the nations.” Psalms 22:28
And consider, “The Lord has established His throne in heaven, and His Kingdom rules overall.” Psalm 103:19
Teaching
Within the word “Sovereign” is the word “Reign” and I can remember singing, “My God reigns, My God reigns, My God reigns, My God reigns.” Such a sweet praise song. In the scripture meme, Psalm 63:1-2 King David is in the desert and he longs for God, he declares his dependency on a sovereign God.
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You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
We read throughout the Bible the sovereignty of God. David is a perfect example; he was out in the field when the search was on and his father all but forgot that he was his son, yes, by the way I do have one more son and David was the one God was looking for to become the man after God’s own heart.
Dr. David Jeremiah shares in this chapter the teaching on God being sovereign in Exodus. He had Moses declare that he was sovereign by sending 10 plaques. Each plaque there was loss, with the last one be the ultimate one, loss of the first-born including King Pharaoh’s son. God declared his sovereignty over the Israelites as they wandered in the desert for forty years. Dr. David Jeremiah reminded me of the story of Esther and how God’s name is not mentioned in the book of Esther, yet we see God’s sovereignty.
So, because God is sovereign, there will be a response from us as believers. Do you trust God? Do you obey God? Do you have reverence for God? Do you worship God? I have no doubt that I became a nurse as a part of God’s sovereign plan, disabled, I returned to school, and I became a medical assistant. I had teachers that encouraged me to become a nurse. I thrived in school and I then had a physician guide my career from hospital to home health, to case management. Yes, I see the sovereign plan of God in my life. What about you and your story?
Dusty Road
I have been writing verses on cards and trying to memorize the verses, I managed well on Psalm 16:8 and Isaiah 26: 3, I am still working on Colossians 3: 2-3. This week is Romans 15:4, “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”
Also, I studied Romans 1 with Bible Study Fellowship, Paul longed to go to Rome and he made it to Rome but as a prisoner. The primary verses are Romans 1: 16-17, ” For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,[a] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
I will be giving out more verses and praying for more patients, this last week, I was asked if I missed bed-side nursing, in a heartbeat the answer is yes. But that is not in God’s sovereign plan for me now. I am in a role where I can listen and comfort and offer solutions to those that are sick, a different kind of nursing.
Conclusion
Will you memorize Romans 15:4 with me? For me, I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes. Do you believe?
Father God, thank you for being a sovereign God. Thank you that the righteous live by faith and that you love the faithful. Thank you for your righteousness that you give to us. For those that are sick, I pray for healing, for those that are tired, I pray for strength, for those that are questioning God, I ask for peace. In Jesus’s name. Amen
When have you witnessed the sovereignty of God?
