Jeremiah 32:17  Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.

I firmly believe that only the Spirit of God can give us an understanding of what it means that God is sovereign. It is too awesome to grasp or put into words but if we even comprehend it a little then it silences a lot of our fears, questions, and doubts.  Faith takes hold and becomes “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”  (See Hebrews 11:1 – KJV). It will calm many fears because we come to the understanding that God has not abdicated his rule of over the earth which he created and has plans for it and humankind and that no one, however powerful they may feel, can undo those plans.

We are the diamonds of his creation and so he has done everything to bring us into fellowship with himself because he desires our good. His love is exemplified in the death of his Son, Jesus. Jesus did not die because he felt sorry for us. He died because he alone could satisfy the righteousness which God requires and he submitted because he came to do his Father’s will. This is why to reject Christ is to turn our backs on God and leaves us in danger of his judgment.

Acceptance of God’s sovereignty leads to submission. The Apostle Paul asks: But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”  Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?” (Romans 9:20-21).

If you accept God’s sovereignty over your life and the salvation provided in Christ Jesus, it will amaze you how God will cancel out the negative influences of your past and your mistakes and lift you up. God is not bound by what we consider the normal course of things. He is sovereign over time and circumstance and is completely trustworthy.