I received the revelation of my Father's Sovereignty through a study called "The Power of Knowing God".
I have been a Christian my entire life and practically grew up in the church. My fondest childhood memories being suppertime when we sat together as a family, all 7 of us, bowed heads, praying together, reading God's Word and my earthly father reading bed time stories to us from his Bible. I attended youth meetings at church on a regular basis and Sunday school every week but never before in my life have I learned what God says, in His Word, about Himself. For the first time in my life I have discovered scripture after scripture about who my Father is, but more importantly, who He says He is and what He wants from me, His daughter.
The scripture that speaks to me most, about the character of God, is from Psalm 33 "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host."
In Isaiah 46:11 God says "Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it."
He is Omniscient (all-knowing), Omnipotent (all-powerful), Omnipresent (there s no place where God is not present).
In reality, having all this knowledge of God is irrelevant until you have accepted His Sovereignty by saying yes to His Supreme reign & rule in your life and then having those supernatural experiences that follow...
I have been through so much in the last few years; more than most would be able to bear; but understanding and accepting God's Sovereignty - and submitting to it has for me, meant the difference between being a victim and being a victor through the battles I have encountered along the way.
This morning as I spoke to my Father I could sing praises and rejoice in my suffering because I now know that in His Sovereignty everything that has ever happened in my life, up until this very moment in time, no matter how horrendous, has happened because He allowed it and since I have been justified by faith, I have peace with God through my Lord Jesus Christ. And through Jesus I have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which I stand, and therefore I am able to rejoice, through my suffering, in hope of the glory of God. I rejoice in my sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. If God had not taken me through the deep waters, never could I testify to His Word being real. The very same "stories" that had been read to me as a little girl has now become the reality of my life and my relationship with my Father in heaven.
Understanding and accepting the Sovereignty of God is what enabled me to say "Lord, Your will be done." as I stood beside the almost dead body of my husband and as I held his lifeless hand, it enabled me to stand strong on the promises in His Word as I walked this long hard road of recovery with him.
Understanding and accepting the Sovereignty of God is what enables me to say "Lord, Your will be done." in the good times and the bad and being at peace no matter my circumstances, being able to say that I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.
The most wonderful thing about accepting God's Sovereignty in my existence is the fact that every need that I have or every will have is supplied by Him. As I walk in obedience and submission to His supreme reign & rule in my life, the responsibility of taking care of every aspect of my life, every need or desire that is in line with His perfect will has shifted off of me and onto Him.... my soul is in perfect peace...
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