SATURDAY 25TH MAY, 2013
GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY
MEMORY VERSE
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever
he hath pleased.
Psalm 115:3
READ
Psalm 115:1-3
Psa 115:1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name
give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Psa 115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
Psa 115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath
pleased.
MESSAGE
In John 5:2-9, the
Lord Jesus Christ walked into the colony of sick folks by the pool of Bethesda,
healed one man and took His leave. Why just one man? What about the rest? Would
He not have received a greater level of glory by healing all the sick folks
there? From this we learn that the Lord just wanted to establish His sovereignty.
Psalm 115:3 says,
“But our God is in the heavens: he hath done
whatsoever he hath pleased.”
We understand from
the scriptures that He prayed for Peter to overcome a most trying moment (Luke
22:31), whereas He told Judas Iscariot to speedily execute his evil intention
(John 13:27). May God's sovereignty work in your favour and not against you in
Jesus name.
During major
programmes of The Redeemed Christian Church of God such as the Congress,
Convention or Special Holy Ghost Services, we usually see God at work,
performing spectacular miracles, healing diverse sicknesses, setting the
captives free and saving souls. On a particular occasion, the Lord said He
would heal 144,000 people in one night. That year, at the end of the Congress,
I saw a man who was brought in on a wheel chair returning in the wheel chair.
Later in my office, after thanking God for the great things He had done I asked
Him why the man who returned on the wheel chair was not healed. That he came to
the camp alone shows that he had faith, and I told God I knew He could do
everything. Thereafter the Lord replied, “So that you may know that you are not God. It does not
matter how mightily you are being used. You are still a human being. If you
don't like it, sue me”. This is
why anyone who has common sense at all should fear Him. Some people think they
can keep something from God. In the true sense of it, you cannot. He gave you
all you have and He can take anything He has given to you. He owns you and
everything you have, so what can you really keep from Him? If He wants to take
anything you call your possession, nothing can stop Him. He only allows you to
use your freewill so that He can bless you. God's sovereignty simply tells you
to fear God beyond everything else; do you?
ACTION POINT
Thank God for
making you who you are and for giving you all you've got. Pray that His purpose
for your life might never be defeated.
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