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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