Isaiah 43:13 (RSV)
13 “I am God, and also henceforth I am
He;
there
is none who can deliver from my hand;
I
work and who can hinder it?”
NOTE: In the grand
scheme of things, I certainly recognize God's sovereignty. And even in the
smaller things, He still remains in charge. But these are actually two
different things in my mind. In the former, he is bringing about His will and
His plan. He is active and intervenes as necessary to accomplish that will. In
the smaller areas, He allows man free will, and evil men exercise that will
against His children. He is not unaware and He can intervene if necessary, but
the scripture suggests that intervention is the more rare event. Romans 8:28
teaches us that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him. In
other words, God takes the bad things the world throws at us (and the things
that God chooses not to intervene or change) and works good in our lives.
Working good does not mean it will be pleasurable or that we will not
experience pain, only that it will be for our ultimate good and according to
His will. So these areas, the grand scheme and the small individual day-to-day
things are really quite different in how God's sovereignty is exercised.
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