THE MOST HIGH GOD REIGNS!

 

All My Tears

When I go don't cry for me, 

In my Father’s arms I'll be. 

The wounds this world left on my soul 

Will all be healed, and I'll be whole.

Sun and moon will be replaced 

With the light of Jesus' face, 

And I will not be ashamed 

For my Savior knows my name.

It don't matter where you bury me, 

I'll be home, and I'll be free. 

It don't matter where I lay, 

All my tears be washed away.

Gold and silver blind the eye. 

Temporary riches lie. 

Come and eat from heaven's store. 

Come and drink and thirst no more.

So, weep not for me my friend 

When my time below does end, 

For my life belongs to Him 

Who will raise the dead again. 

 

-sister Julie Miller

 

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Psalm 135:6, "The LORD does whatever pleases Him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths." 

Psalm 147:16-18, "He sends the snow like white wool; He scatters frost upon the ground like ashes. He hurls the hail like stones. Who can stand against His freezing cold? Then, at His command, it all melts. He sends His winds, and the ice thaws." 

Psalm 148:8, "Fire and hail, snow and clouds, wind and weather obey Him." 

Isaiah 45:6-7, "I am the LORD, and there is no other. I form the light, and create darkness, I bring prosperity, and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things!" 

Who is regulating affairs on this earth today: God, or the Devil? That God reigns supreme in Heaven, is generally conceded; but that He reigns supreme over this earth, is almost universally denied—if not directly, then indirectly. More and more are men relegating God to the background, in their philosophizing and theorizing. Take the material realm. Not only is it denied that God created everything, by personal and direct action, but few believe that He has any immediate concern in regulating the works of His own hands. 

It is common to hear disasters explained as impersonal "Forces of Nature," or mere outcomes of "Natural Laws," or "Bad Luck." Yet Scripture shatters that notion: War, pestilence, floods, storms, earthquakes, fires—all flow from the eternal decree and providential governance of our holy God. When hurricanes lash the coast, or fires consume forests—we must not bow the knee to the myth of "Mother Nature" but humble ourselves before the One who "commands and raises the stormy wind" Nahum 1:3, "He displays His power in the whirlwind and the storm. The billowing clouds are the dust beneath His feet." Every blast of wind and crack of thunder, fulfill His wise and holy will. When disaster strikes, our natural impulse is fear and bewilderment. 

Yet, believers are called to recognize God's sovereign hand in every storm and tempest of life. We do not cower at chance events, for there is no "chance" with Him. We should pray with assurance, knowing that "God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose," Romans 8:28. Earth and air, fire and water, hail and snow, stormy winds and angry seas—all perform His sovereign pleasure. It is God who withholds the rain, and it is God who gives the rain when He wills, where He wills, as He wills, and on whom He wills. 

Either God governs—or He is governed. Either God rules—or He is ruled. Either God has His way—or men have theirs. No revolving world, no shining of star, no storm, no creature moves, no actions of men, no errands of angels, no deeds of Devil—nothing in all the vast universe can come to pass, otherwise than what God has eternally purposed. Here is an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast. It is not blind fate, unbridled evil, man or Devil—but the Lord Almighty who is ruling His world, ruling it according to His own good pleasure and for His own eternal glory! 

 

-Arthur W. Pink


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