God's Sovereignty

Well, I logged on this morning to compose a post and discovered that today is my 'blogiversary.'  I've been blogging for six years!  Wow, time has flown by quickly.  I've really enjoyed recording my thoughts over the years since I'm not much of a paper journaler.  I do hope to maintain the interest and wherewithall to keep it up because, for one thing, it's therapeutic. :)

Now on to my original post...   I remember like it was yesterday although it was in the fall of 2004.  You can read the longer versions here and here.   But the substance is this: God, in His infinite mercy and grace, made Himself known to me.  He removed the blinders and allowed to understand Who He is and who I am before Him - that I was (am) a wretched sinner in need of a Savior.  He rescued me and made me a new creation in Christ. 

I distinctly remember how my yearly Bible reading for 2005 was altogether different than in previous years.  I could SEE God's sovereignty.  I saw His hand of providence on every single page of Scripture - He has ordained and is orchestrating every event in human history.  I 'got it,' as I was reading with entirely new eyes.  A new focus.  A new perspective - a God-centered one as opposed to one that was me-centered for so long.  It was exciting and it remains so.  I just can't seem to get enough of the rich beauty of His precous Word.  

While I can't record in one post every verse pertaining to God's sovereignty, I thought it would be an interesting endeavor to jot down a sample from every book of the Bible.  It serves as a reminder to me that He alone rules and reigns over His universe.  Here goes....

God created - Gen 1:1
God sent - Ex 3:10
God commanded - Lev 17:2
God blessed - Num 6:27
God drove out - Deut 33:27  
God delivered - Josh 10:19
God raised up - Judg 2:16
God redeemed - Ruth
God closed - 1 Sam 1:5
God struck - 2 Sam 12:15
God gave - 1 Kings 4:29
God warned - 2 Kings 17:13
God established - 1 Chron 17:11
God smote - 2 Chron 21:18
God graced - Ezra 11:8
God admonished - Neh 9:30
God providentially acted - Esther
God allowed - Job 1:12
God preserved - Psalm 37:28
God rewarded - Prov 13:13
God appointed - Eccl 3:1
God declared - Isa 48:3
God spoke - Jer 35:17
God caused - Lam 3:4
God judged - Eze 18:30
God willed - Dan 4:35
God rejected -Hos 4:6
God relented - Joel 2:13
God withheld - Amos 4:7
God cut off - Obad 1:10
God answered - Jonah 2:2
God cast - Micah 7:19
God avenged - Nahum 1:2
God marched - Hab 3:12
God exulted - Zeph 3:17
God overthrew - Haggai 2:22
God purposed - Zech 8:14
God prepared - Malachi 4:3


Jesus began - Matt 4:17
Jesus healed - Mark 3:10
Jesus taught - Luke 15
Jesus became flesh - John 1:18
Jesus resurrected - Acts 1:22
God foreknew/predestined/called/justified/glorified - Romans 8:29-30  (Praise Him!)
Christ bought - 1 Cor 6:20
Christ controls - 2 Cor 5:14
Christ set free - Gal 5:1 
God chose - Eph 1:4
Christ obeyed - Phil 2:8
Christ rescued - Col 1:13
God sanctifies - 1 Thess 5:23
Christ comforts - 2 Thess 2:17
Christ strengthens - 1 Tim 1:12
God grants - 2 Tim 2:25
God's grace appeared - Titus 2:11
Christ orders - Phm 8
Christ authored - Heb 12:2 
Christ promised - James 1:2
Christ suffered - 1 Pet 4:1
God destroys - 2 Pet 3:12
God loved - 1 John 4:19
God gives peace - 2 John 3
God is good - 3 John 11
Christ is able - Jude 24
Christ bounds - Revelation 20:2,3   

—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords

 1 Timothy 6:15