Phillips: absolute sovereignty

Sunday, July 26, 2015
Meditation:
    [Paul:] “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.”
    —Acts 17:24-26 (NIV)
Quotation:
    It is necessary to point out that our responsibility is a relative one only, for as we think of the world-wide disintegration of the human family, the prospect before us could easily fill us with alarm and despondency, if we were not sure first of the absolute sovereignty of God who (I speak reverently) knows what He is doing in conducting this enormous experiment that we call life.
    ... J. B. Phillips (1906-1982), Making Men Whole, London: Highway Press, 1952, p. 15 (see the book)
    See also 1 Chr. 29:10-12; Ps. 24; Isa. 45:5-6; Hag. 2:7; John 10:29; Acts 17:24-26; Rev. 4:11
Quiet time reflection:
    You are our Rock, Lord. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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