Category: God’s Sovereignty

Psalm 33:8-10 (NKJV) 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. 9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. 10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.

Over the last few years, God has been teaching me a lot about the importance of recognizing and understanding His sovereignty.

His sovereignty plays a significant role in more aspects of our lives than most of us realize and understand.

God is right in the middle of world events, even though we may not recognize that fact.

People and puzzle pieces are being shuffled, moved, and organized as His plans are carried out right before our eyes.

We may not always like what we see. We might be unhappy with the results of certain developments. And some of the outcomes may even make it seem like evil has the upper hand.

But rest assured that none of it escapes God’s notice or His control.

We need to remember that God’s plans and His ways are higher than ours in every way.

What looks terrible to us may very well serve a specific purpose in His long-term sight.

As we begin to see and understand God’s sovereignty, we will begin to trust Him more, and fret less about the things we see.

This doesn’t mean that we should think that we are nothing more than unwitting actors in a movie that we were involuntarily cast in.

It means that we serve the one God who keeps His promises and is carrying out what he told us in His word He would carry out.

We still need to be seeking God, listening for His leading, praying that His will be done in the earth, just as Jesus taught us to do.

We have spiritual battles to win, demons to fend off, and darkness to drive out, where and when God instructs us to do so.

And it is only by His Spirit that we can do this, as we draw near to Him, trust Him, and let Him lead our every step.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Acts 28:3 (NKJV) 3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

As Paul was busy gathering wood for the fire, he was bitten by a viper; a poisonous snake that should have killed him.

The natives in the land saw this and knew that Paul faced certain death.

Acts 28:4 (NKJV) 4 So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.”

But Paul was no ordinary man.

He had great faith in God and trusted Him wholeheartedly, knowing that the power of God was far bigger than the venom of a snake bite.

What did Paul do?

Acts 28:5 (NKJV) 5 But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

He never even blinked. He shook off the snake and kept going.

You see, this is the God we serve; the God who operates far outside the bounds of our understanding, and outside the realm of natural possibilities.

If something is impossible in the natural realm, it is possible for God.

He created everything that we see simply by speaking.

He spoke and the worlds were formed. Darkness was replaced with light. An empty void was filled with everything that we see around us.

The stars, the sun, the wild creatures, the sights and the sounds of oceans, rivers and small streams are all the handiwork of our Father in heaven.

These things can all speak to us if we let them, showing us the incredible magnificence of our God.

Let us not tie His hands in our own lives by believing He is capable of less than He is.

Our faith and trust in Him are what unlocks the door for Him to move mightily on our behalf.

His ability to work and move in our lives is limited only by our faith and trust in Him.

Luke 17:19 (NKJV) 19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Daniel 2:21 (NKJV) 21 And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.

People of God, let us not allow others to cause us to fret.

God is in control. He is aware of what’s happening in our personal lives, and in the world around us.

We really don’t need to stress over anything.

But, there is one thing we need to do if we want to know what is happening and why it’s happening.

We need to know how to pray and we need to know when to fast.

And that understanding comes by being faithful and drawing near to Him.

James 4:8 (NKJV) 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

This will keep us “in the loop” when it comes to knowing what is going on and why. It will give us a better understanding and help us to not be shocked when certain things take place.

God holds it all in His hands. The seasons, the changes, the wisdom, the understanding. It all belongs to Him.

He will bring change when needed. He will give us understanding of it all as we seek Him and His righteousness.

Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

When we begin to fret over what we hear or see, we’ve been out of the loop with Him. It’s time to get back in by drawing close.

Amen.

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Genesis 3:15 (NKJV) 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”

As God spoke to the serpent (satan) after he had deceived Eve, He clearly laid out his future and the defeat he would ultimately suffer at the hands of the coming Redeemer (Christ).

The enemy had no idea what God was referring to when He said, “He shall bruise your head”.

What God meant was that the coming Redeemer would deal him a fatal blow, removing the power of death from him by rising from the dead Himself, defeating death with a blow of finality.

Christ would crush his head under His feet with this single, miraculous act.

Death itself would die.

This all happened through a chain of events that is utterly impossible for human minds to completely comprehend.

The precision with which God moved and worked to tie everything together neatly over the centuries is truly mind boggling.

Specific people had to be born and precisely placed in time and in geographical locales.

Events would have to play out that would cause certain shifts in populations.

Stars would have to be put in place to shine and signal the birth of the Redeemer.

And there was so much more that happened that we cannot begin to fathom with our finite minds.

But it happened. And because God was faithful in His promise to redeem humanity, Christ came, lived, died, and rose again.

And it is solely because of this that we are offered redemption and the forgiveness of our sins through the sacrifice that Christ made for you and me.

Let us not forget or make light of the depth of this incredible miracle, and the intricate, powerful way by which God carried it out.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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