INCONTESTABLE SOVEREIGNTY
“But
He is in one mind, and who can turn Him? and what His soul desireth,
even that He doeth. For He performeth the thing that is appointed for
me: and many such things are with Him.”
-JOB
23:13-14 [KJV]
What
the Lord designs is what He does and nothing can stand in His way or
cause Him to determine new counsels. Men desire many things which
they may not do, cannot do or dare not do, but God has an
incontestable sovereignty. His will is so perfectly pure that it is
only right He should execute it; and He has an uncontrollable power
to carry it out. “Whatsoever the LORD pleased that did He”
[PSALM
135:6]
and always will, for it is always best.
Whatever
happens to us, it is God that performs it [PSALM
57:2], and an
admirable performance it will all appear to be when the mystery of
God shall be finished. He performs all that, and that only, which was
appointed, in the appointed time and method, which should silence
murmuring because what was appointed cannot be altered. Remember,
when God ordained us to eternal life and glory, He also appointed us
to the condition or affliction we are presently encountering. This
should do more than silence us, it should satisfy us that it is all
for the best, assured that what He does we know not now, yet we shall
know hereafter.
-Gospel report by preacher Matthew Henry (1662–1714 A.D.)
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