Why Trust In God’s Sovereignty?

Why is it so important to trust in God’s sovereignty in a time like this?

First off, we must know what “God’s sovereignty” means.

God is sovereign in the sense that He is supreme and that there is no higher authority or power to Him.

This doesn’t mean, however, that He exercises His power by controlling every aspect of our lives as He has given us free will.

We read in Jeremiah 29:11 that God has “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” This shows that heart of God towards us!

God seeks to reveal His perfect and good plan to us and urges us in that direction – and again, we have a choice. He doesn’t make choices for us.

Believing God’s sovereignty means He controls everything renders a person passive.

Simply put, God’s sovereignty means He can insert Himself at any point in time.

Now, getting back to the question we were posed with at the beginning: “Why is it so important to trust in God’s sovereignty in a time like this?”

This question can be answered with four points:

1. Purpose

Many ponder questions about the meaning of life and we can find the answer to that question intertwined with God’s sovereignty. We know that God has us here at such a time as this, both on purpose and for a purpose!

For as Acts 17:26-28 says:

“And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’”

The main purpose of our lives is to know God and to make Him known wherever we are and in all we do!

God’s plans for our lives are perfect and they are ONLY good!

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11

2. Poise

If we are here for such a time as this and we believe that God is going to protect us as He has so clearly promised us in the Bible, then we can live boldly in a culture that isn’t just falling apart but is desperately looking for the void that we know is Jesus.

If we don’t trust God’s sovereignty, then fear will take the steering wheel of our lives.

We know that “perfect love drives out fear,” as we read in (1 John 4:18). This kind of love changes how we walk through and deal with this world.

Shining bright for Jesus requires us to live differently, it requires us to understand God’s sovereignty.

3. Peace

When we root our minds and hearts in the Word of God and in God’s unchanging character instead of happenstance, we receive the “peace that surpasses all understanding.”

This kind of peace isn’t produced by gripping onto the things of this world but in submission and surrender to God.

We are called to live by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7) and though we are in this world we aren’t of this world. (Romans 12:2)

In our surrender of our will and our ways, we get to live in God’s peace which acts as a “guard” over our “hearts and your minds.” So whilst we are going about our daily lives in a chaotic world, we ourselves can be agents of peace.

4. Perspective

If we believe in a sovereign God, then we know that He will one day make our faith into sight.

The world’s perspective of this life is to fulfill the lusts of the flesh but what does this give us? Nothing.

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” John 10:10

God’s perspective of each one of our lives is to give us lives of abundance which can only be found in accepting the free gift of salvation.

“You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.” Psalm 16:11

“Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.” James 1:17

Living this life for and with our sovereign God, it relieves the pressure we place upon ourselves day in and day out.

When we gain an understanding that it is “no longer I who lives but Christ who lives in me,” our perspective on relationships, finances, and our lives shift as it comes into alignment with how God sees us and the purpose He has for us.

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