God’s Sovereignty
- Matchless Status: Yahweh stands completely alone as the unique, all-powerful God of history.
- Perfect Foreknowledge: God declares the end from the beginning, meaning nothing catches Him by surprise.
- Unstoppable Will: His divine purposes always succeed, and His counsel will stand forever.
Life’s events may seem out of control, but the better way to understand this reality
is that they are not out of control just because they are out of your control.
• Because we are not sovereign, mystery and confusion will remain.
ο Sovereignty demands omniscience. Without great wisdom, this great strength
would collapse in on itself. Also, it takes immense power to hold all knowable
things. Yet we as humans are neither sovereign nor omniscient, so we must live
with imperfect knowledge and marred perceptions.
• The sovereignty of God’s rule over the world gives us all the hope we need to get
out of bed each morning (Psalm 34:18)
- What part of your life are you reluctant to connect with God’s sovereign rule? Pray today to surrender over that section of your world to the heavenly Father.
- Obey God in the now, even when you don’t understand the why and how.
- What area of your life are you nervous to fully obey God? Why is it difficult to lean into God’s loving rule and reign in these parts of your life?
- When hardships come, do you sometimes belittle or dismiss the doctrine of
God’s sovereignty? Why?
One of the most discussed questions surrounding God’s sovereignty is how that
doctrine impacts the salvation of individuals. For those interested in diving into the
debate of election and free will as it relates to salvation, I highly recommend the book,
“Perspectives on Election” by Jack Cottrell, Clark Pinnock, Robert Reymond,
Thomas Talbott, Bruce Ware and Chad Brand