Our Total Obedience!
So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great
delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as
in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to
obey is better than
sacrifice, and to heed
than the fat of rams.”
1 Samuel 15: 22
Sovereign authority is not
an easy concept
to grasp immediately. From the young age,
children find ways not to obey their parent’s
instructions, complete with
rationalizations.
Adults will do the same—like explaining to
police officers why we were exceeding the
speed limit. But sovereign means sovereign,
even when we don’t agree or understand.
When the Bible speaks of God’s
sovereignty,
it's clear that He is sovereign over all. God’s
sovereignty is complete and never-ending.
“Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a
kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve Him. His dominion is an
everlasting
dominion, which shall not pass away, and His
kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed”
(Daniel 7:14).
Never let the troubles of this world,
or your life, cause you to worry. Put
your faith in the One who has all
authority in heaven and on earth.
"If God is not sovereign,
then God is not God."
R. C. Sproul