God Is In Control
What five Bible quotes
can remind us that God is in complete control at all times?
Pastor Jack Wellman
“He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings;
he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.” Daniel 2:21
I know that Solomon understood God’s omnipotence
(all-powerful) because he wrote that God “looses the bonds of kings and
binds a waistcloth on their hips” (Job 12:18).
And “he pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong” (Job 12:21).
At His
discretion and as He pleases, He is always and forever in control.
“Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of
the Lord that will stand.” (Proverbs
19:21
Solomon asks the rhetorical question, “Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded
it,” with the obvious answer being only God
can speak a thing and make it come to pass. (Lamentations
3:37)
Even a word is not spoken that the Lord has not known before,
as the psalmist explains, “Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it
altogether” (Psalm 139:4).
“Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no
other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the
beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall
stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose.” Isaiah 46:9-10
There is
no one or nothing that could ever compare to God.
He declares what the end will be even before it’s begun! Wow!
Whatever man plans, God will accomplish His will and His purpose, for His “counsel
shall stand,” and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
“The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he
turns it wherever he will.” (Proverbs
21:1)
In
biblical times, kings held vast power with huge kingdoms and controlled enormous
armies.
But to God, the king’s heart is nothing more than “a
stream of water” in His mighty hands.
So guess
who’s really in charge (hint: it’s not the king!)? God will turn any king’s (or
powerful ruler’s) heart effortless and to whatever direction He wills and for
His purposes.
“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one
will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is
greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.” John
10:28-29
This
might seem like a strange choice for a Bible quote that reminds us that God is
always in charge, but Jesus is reassuring
His listeners (and readers today) that He controls their
eternal security, just as if we were in the palm of His hand.
Not only that, we are secure in the
Father’s hand, too. God’s never going to let us slip from His grace grip (John 6:37, 39).
Conclusion
Has it ever occurred to you that nothing has ever occurred
to God?
He has never had to
learn anything because He knows everything. He is in total control.
We might like to think we are ruled by human governments,
but where man rules, God overrules because “the Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his
kingdom rules over all” (Psalm 103:19).
And “God is in the heavens; he does all that he
pleases” (Psalm 115:3).
The greatest reminder that God is in control takes us from
today all the way to “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever
believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live” (John 11:25).
Would
you want to have a deeper relationship with God?
God has made it possible for you to know Him and experience
an amazing change in your own life by receiving His Son, Jesus Christ, and
have eternal life.
Say
the following prayer:
“Father God, I confess I am a sinner and
my sins have separated me from You.
I am truly sorry. I
now want to turn away from my past sinful life and live a new life pleasing to
You.
Please use me for Your glory.
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