The Sovereign God

“O Lord, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against You.    2 Chronicles 20:6

When a nation operates free of any other nation’s laws, and makes decisions concerning its citizens’ safety, finances, education and direction without regard to what other nation may or may not be doing. That nation is said to be sovereign.

In a monarchy, when a king makes a decision concerning his citizen, regardless of what appointed leaders in that nation impose as law, the king’s decree, the king’s decision has dominion over every other authority in the nation, because the king is the sovereign ruler of that nation.

So that when a person is said to be sovereign he/she is the boss, the final word, the one who orchestrated the outcome of that which he is sovereign over.

When we think of God’s Sovereignty, we agree on the fact that God has the means, power, wisdom, and authority to do whatsoever He chooses to do with creation. So that the means, power, wisdom, and authority which we call His sovereignty comes from the expression of His attributes of Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnipresence.  

·         Because God Omnipotent,  all-powerful,  (not more powerful) He can do  whatsoever he pleases, (Psalm 115:3) nothing is too difficult for him (Jeremiah 32:27) and His will cannot be stopped (Job 42:2)

·         Because God is Omniscience, He knows all things past, present, and future, also the outcome of all things that might happen in every possible situation. It is this knowledge that God uses to providentially imposed his will creation. 

·         Because God is Omnipresence, there is no place where He cannot be, and thus nothing that happens without his knowing it.  Everything is either caused by God or allowed to happen by God so that His will is always done, either through the subtle work of his providence or by stepping into creation through miracles and wonders.

As King of kings and Lord of lords, God has no limitations not on earth or in heaven, and only God can make that claim. And because God alone can make that claim He alone is sovereign.

Your Brother in Christ

TCharves "FireSpeaks" Pearsall