Read the transcript from today's video devotional.
I want you to think about a time when you felt most out of control in your life. Maybe it was when you received a bad diagnosis from the doctor. Maybe it's when your bank account hit zero or maybe even went into the negative. Maybe it was a day that you felt filled with anxiety and depression.
Understanding God's Sovereignty
Take a moment and think of that feeling of being out of control.
Now, let's look at today's Verse of the Day. It comes from Psalm chapter 103, verse 19. "The LORD has made the heavens His throne; from there He rules over everything."
You see, this text speaks to the sovereignty of God. I know sovereignty can sound like a big, fancy churchy word, but here's simply what that word means. It means to have supreme power or authority. It's so important for us to recognize, to realize, and to take a moment and remember the fact that God is sovereign and we are not.
A lot of times anxiety simply comes from this place of feeling like we're out of control. The fact is, we are out of control. But you and I can have hope in this—that we serve a God who sits on the throne. We serve a God who is in control. God is never anxious or worried about anything because He knows everything. When we know that God knows the plans that He has for us, He knows the future because He's already there. I hope that this Scripture can bring some peace to your heart, in your mind, as you begin to meditate on the fact that God sits on His throne. He's in control and He rules over everything.
A Story of God's Provision
This text reminds me of a story in the Old Testament of a woman whose life was out of control. In 2 Kings chapter 4, this woman has gone through a great loss. She loses her husband and runs out of money, and the creditor is coming to take her two sons as slaves. But she encounters the prophet Elisha, and Elisha asks her this wild question. He asked her, what do you have in your house? She responds with, well, all I have is this little jar of olive oil.
Elisha gives her these instructions: to ask her neighbors for empty jars, to take this small jar of olive oil and to pour it into all of the jars. Then, God shows up and does a miracle. He fills all of these jars from one small little flask of olive oil. Elisha tells the woman, go sell the oil. Pay off your debts, and you and your sons can live off of what's left. Now that's a story that tells the power of a God who is in control.
Trust in the God Who Is Sovereign
Whenever we are out of control, I don't know if you're about to run out of money. I don't know if you're facing a devastating diagnosis. I don't know if you just experienced a breakup or a divorce. I don't know how your life may feel out of control, but here's what I do know. God is still on the throne. God is in control, and God is sovereign. You can trust Him. You can put your faith in Him, and you can have peace in knowing that the God who sits on the throne is the God who cares, loves, and is for you.
