Sovereign

I feel sick, and I know exactly why. You'd think that makes it better but in actuality, it seems to make it worse. I look around and I see that Christ is being mocked and trampled daily while too few of us do anything about it. It seems like previous generations would have done something, become outraged and taken a stand in favor of God. Now it barely registers. Popular music makes an explicit mockery of God, and we hum along to the melody because it's got a good beat.

Where is justice?

It seems like those who do wrong are rewarded, and the faithful perish. Or worse, the faithful switch sides, become complacent and share in the behavior and beliefs of the wicked.

But God is sovereign. Sometimes I don't feel it. Sometimes I don't like it. Often I don't understand it. But God is sovereign. The Word tells me, "Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord. There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off." Proverbs 23:7-18

It's my job to realize that sin is a product of our actions, not of God. He gave us Eden- we squandered it. And it's not just Adam, not just Eve. We share in their sin too. We put our doubts, our desires, our fears and our desire for gratification above what He commanded us. Our folly, our sinfulness and our shame has created this fallenness that is spreading over the earth like a cancer. Our sinfulness perpetuates the constant deviation from the plan of God. We made this problem, we dug this hole, and all of us are complicit.

Yet God is sovereign. He is aware of the sinfulness in the world, and Christ will judge the sinful. It's my job to trust in his justice, rely on his mercy and endure through His grace. God is yet sovereign. And as long as He is, I can strive to see His name glorified, give all I have to know that He is honored and then rest in knowing that He will glorify Himself. It's my job to exalt Him. And though I suffer and my heart grows faint at the sight of the enemies of God seeming to glory in their apparent victory, I know that God is sovereign. And that is enough.