Explain What Does It Mean For God To Be Sovereign

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A while back I remember reading something by Oswald Chambers in My Utmost for His Highest, he said something along the lines of God sends us through seasons where He teaches us doctrinal truths in order to prepare us for future trials. This was certainly the case in my own life. At the end of my sophomore year of high school, I started listening to a lot of John Piper sermons, which introduced me to reformed theology. The church I grew up in was not reformed, and the concept was new and confusing to me. This led me to study the doctrine of grace and specifically God’s attribute of being sovereign. After studying this topic in depth, I came to embrace the doctrines of grace and find joy in in its implications. What does it mean for God to be sovereign? God is in control over everything both in the universe and regarding salvation. He orchestrates everything for His glory and for the good of those who believe in Him. The first part is that God is sovereign over the entire universe. …show more content…

On the day they moved, I remember praying and asking God how any good was coming from this situation. Then He reminded me of Isaiah 55:8-9, “for My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.” I was filled with an overwhelming sense of peace and at the same time convicted for my lack of faith. How could I, as a finite human, fully understand what an infinite, omniscient God had planned? Since God is good and holy, I could trust that He is good, and His sovereign plan is good even when it looks so dark that I am completely unable to see it. I had peace in knowing that God deeply loved those kids, and even though they were suffering so much, somehow and someday it would be used for His glory and their

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