March 2nd, 2026
by Reed Bradley
by Reed Bradley
Psalm 115:3
“Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.”
Daniel 4:34-35
“At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation; all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, 'What have you done?'”
True sovereignty involves both the right or authority to rule and the power to exercise that right. When we proclaim God to be sovereign over all, we are proclaiming these two things simultaneously!
God is the creator of all things, He is the one true god! There is none who is His equal, and there are none who can contest His rule! Indeed He is the one true sovereign over all because He alone has the one existence which is not contingent on another. Just as God owes no one for His existence, He owes no one for His authority! All other legitimate authorities (and there are legitimate authorities) we encounter are delegated from God. But God draws His authority from no other, no vote or will of man, and no conquest or usurpation. Authority belongs to Him alone.
Not only is God’s authority His own but by His might and majesty He exercises His will upon the earth! So the Psalmist rejoices that the Lord does what He pleases because that is the right and power of God! Even Nebuchadnezzar, who was perhaps the most powerful King who ever lived realized eventually that He was nothing compared to the Lord God.
For the believer who has trusted in Christ as Lord, it is an immense comfort to know that the Jesus who had redeemed you is the Jesus who is Sovereign over all! The good shepherd is the sovereign King! When we are told all things will be worked together for the good of those who love Him (Rom 8:28), we can rest in that because God is sovereign. He has the right and the ability to make it so.
Let us turn to Christ the Sovereign King! Let us trust Him and serve Him! Rejoice because Jesus the redeemer is Jesus the ruler of all!
“Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.”
Daniel 4:34-35
“At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation; all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, 'What have you done?'”
True sovereignty involves both the right or authority to rule and the power to exercise that right. When we proclaim God to be sovereign over all, we are proclaiming these two things simultaneously!
God is the creator of all things, He is the one true god! There is none who is His equal, and there are none who can contest His rule! Indeed He is the one true sovereign over all because He alone has the one existence which is not contingent on another. Just as God owes no one for His existence, He owes no one for His authority! All other legitimate authorities (and there are legitimate authorities) we encounter are delegated from God. But God draws His authority from no other, no vote or will of man, and no conquest or usurpation. Authority belongs to Him alone.
Not only is God’s authority His own but by His might and majesty He exercises His will upon the earth! So the Psalmist rejoices that the Lord does what He pleases because that is the right and power of God! Even Nebuchadnezzar, who was perhaps the most powerful King who ever lived realized eventually that He was nothing compared to the Lord God.
For the believer who has trusted in Christ as Lord, it is an immense comfort to know that the Jesus who had redeemed you is the Jesus who is Sovereign over all! The good shepherd is the sovereign King! When we are told all things will be worked together for the good of those who love Him (Rom 8:28), we can rest in that because God is sovereign. He has the right and the ability to make it so.
Let us turn to Christ the Sovereign King! Let us trust Him and serve Him! Rejoice because Jesus the redeemer is Jesus the ruler of all!
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