I read a lot today about God’s sovereignty. Even though Job couldn’t see God during his “furnace
experience,” he understood about God’s sovereignty and said, “But God knows the way I take, and when He has tested me, I will come out
like gold. Job wasn’t bragging. He simply knew that God’s tests make us stronger and purer if we submit to
His will, which Job as doing. “If we resist His will, the furnace experience
will only burn us up and make us bitter,” my commentary said.
It continued, “Those who resist or deny the sovereignty of
God rob themselves of peace and courage.
There is no attribute of God more comforting to His children than the
doctrine of divine sovereignty … On the other had, there is no doctrine most hated by worldlings. Why? Because
the human heart is proud and does not want to submit to Almighty God.”
I also read, “Job 23:14 must be contrasted with Jeremiah
27:11, where God states, “For I know
the plans I have for you,’ declares
the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and
a future.’” Job had said, “He will do
to me what He said He would do, and
He has many plans like this.” Putting the two together, God has many plans
for us – plans that He knows will
prosper us and not harm us, plants that will
give us hope and a future. Our part is those plans is to trust Him
and remain faithful, knowing that in His sovereignty God can and will bring them all to pass.
Father, I’m reminded of an illustration You once brought my
way. You and I are on a bicycle built
for two. Your job is to steer and my job
is simply to keep pedaling and to watch in amazement all the places You are
taking me. That requires me to acknowledge
Your sovereignty. Help me to believe
that all the more every day.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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