Sovereign

In the wake of the nuclear bomb of Rob's career path change, I have had some thoughts. In addition to the lessons learned about grief, loss, bonding through crisis, etc., I have learned about sovereignty. I realized I threw the word around a bit in explaining our situation, "We know God is sovereign and He has a plan." But what did that mean? I could only explain it roughly, inarticulately, with nothing more than a gut feeling.

Well, in my word study I learned that the word sovereign means "one possessing extreme power and authority; free from external control." This implies a number of things. It implies that my God is extremely powerful, with no one having power over Him, omnipotent. It implies He has control over that which He is the sovereign, Creator. It implies He has the ability to implement His plans on His creation via His power, omniscient. I believe all these things to be true because of what the Bible says about God. So, in essence... I have good reasons to trust my Sovereign God!

Matt Morton's sermon about sovereignty also shed some light on the subject, using "Jesus calms the storm" as his example. Jesus knew the disciples would face a storm. He wanted them to look to Him in the midst of the storm. He wanted them to trust Him. Possibly, God has something greater in mind than simply getting us out of the storm.

I am so glad that I KNOW my God is worthy of trust!