Heavenly Father, we thank you for this Easter holiday that we just had.
Thank you for this new turn back.
! And we pray that as we consider the glorious truths of Scripture,
! glorious truths of who you are, would you please help us to understand these weighty, these lofty things.
We need your help with this. We need your spirit.
And so please, would you be at work today,
giving us, transforming and renewing our minds.
And we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
And welcome to Sunday School, everyone. Welcome back.
If you're new to Adult Sunday School, welcome.
Or if you're just new in the past few months, welcome.
It's great to have you.
Or if you're just a veteran and you've been coming for the past few years,
welcome back. Hope you've had a good Easter.
And whether you're new to Adult Sunday School or you've been coming for years, maybe decades,
before we begin our new series, I just want to kind of lay out what Sunday School is.
Okay, so just stick with me for a few minutes.
I want us to think what we're doing here every week and why we're doing this, the purpose of it.
So I just want us to think, what is Adult Sunday School?
Well, in Adult Sunday School, we're here.
The main objective that I love to kind of do here is I want us to learn doctrine.
So I want us to see what the Bible teaches about different topics of the Bible,
like topics like God, topics like the cross, which we did last term, the church, covenants.
Right. That's what doctrine is.
Doctrine just means teaching.
It's different topics of the Bible.
And I want us to just get a clear and a deep understanding of these things.
And so if learning about the Bible is like learning about animals.
All right.
There are two ways that you can learn about animals.
So one way is you can go on a safari and kind of see the animals as they come.
All right.
So you kind of you go in your van through the wild and say, OK, well, there's a giraffe.
You learn a bit about giraffes.
Oh, there's an elephant.
Oh, there's another elephant.
Oh, there's a lion.
Oh, there's a warthog.
Right.
And you learn the animals as they come along.
Well, that's a bit like preaching.
OK, so you can learn about the Bible just as you can travel through the wild of it.
Or you can learn about animals by going to the zoo.
Right.
And you can gather all the giraffes into one place and learn everything about giraffes and gather all the lions together and learn about lions.
Well, the zoo is like Sunday school.
OK, every week we're gathering into one place what the Bible says about the church or the Holy Spirit or this term, the sovereignty of God.
And we're going to learn in that way.
OK, and why adult Sunday school?
What's the purpose?
Well, it's about transforming our minds and our hearts.
So look at Romans 12.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
So as Christians, we are called, do you see, for our minds to be transformed and renewed.
So to think in the way that God wants us to think.
So to view the world and God and salvation and ourselves and everything in the way that God wants us to.
Right. So you can think as a non-Christian and you can think as a Christian.
And this calls us to think as a Christian.
And that's what happens when we go to the zoo.
Right. Adult Sunday school is there for our minds to be transformed and to help us to think clearly and deeply as Christians.
And that means for our hearts to be transformed, too.
So because the more we understand these things, do you see in Romans 12, the more we are able to live well as Christians, to discern what is the will of God,
to discern what is good from bad, right from wrong.
And that will lead us to worship and love God in the right way.
Right.
And so adult Sunday school, in a nutshell, is this.
We are going to the zoo to have our minds and hearts transformed.
Right. So welcome to the zoo this morning.
Welcome.
And this term, the doctrine I want us to think about is the sovereignty of God.
So that's the section of the zoo we're going to this half term.
And God's sovereignty.
You might have heard that word.
Maybe you haven't.
God's sovereignty means his rule and his power and authority and his plan over all creation.
So the sovereignty of God, it's basically it's the kingship of God over creation.
So that's why we use the word sovereign when it comes to king.
So King Charles is sometimes referred to as the sovereign over our nation.
Well, look how God is described in the Bible.
One Timothy six.
He who is the blessed and only sovereign, the king of kings and lord of lords.
Psalm 22 for kingship belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.
So even at just a first glance of who God is, first glance of scripture,
before we even get into the details, we can see at the very least, God has something called sovereignty.
He is the sovereign.
He rules and has authority and is king.
But this half term, I want us to really unpack what that means.
What that involves and how that works with things like free will and salvation and predestination and the problem of evil, things like that.
So thinking about the purpose of Sunday school.
So the purpose of this term is for our minds to be transformed,
to think about God's sovereignty and rule over this world in the right way,
in a way that honours him and in a way that I hope will comfort you.
And I want us also during this half time to answer questions that can often trouble or confuse us.
Because it's this area of God's sovereignty, this area of the zoo,
where we often scratch our heads big time and we just puzzle over,
but hold on, God's sovereignty, how can that really be, right?
And often we can puzzle about these things,
either because we're not thinking about God's sovereignty in the right way,
or we're just not realising where there is mystery and kind of humbly acknowledging the mystery.
And so we won't answer everything about God's sovereignty really neatly this half term,
but I want us to think about it in the right way
and to clear confusion where there can be clarity,
but to also acknowledge mystery where there is mystery.
So I want our hearts to be transformed in all of this.
I want us to, as we just think about God and his sovereignty over this world,
I want us to trust even more in God's power,
to be comforted by his care and just to be humbled where there is mystery.
Now, we won't get into all the details of free will or election all at once, right?
So today I wanted to just do a bit of an introduction to God's sovereignty,
and I'm guaranteed that's going to raise questions in your mind like,
oh wait, oh hold on, but if that's true,
then what about free will and our decisions?
And wait, hold on, how does that work with sin and the fall?
And so those questions will come up, all right?
Let me just encourage you, just hold on to those questions.
We're going to get onto that over the weeks.
I'm going to spend a whole week on free will and God's sovereignty,
a whole week on election and predestination,
a whole week on the problem of evil.
In fact, two weeks on that, all right?
All right, so we're going to get onto it.
So just be patient with that.
And it's actually best to when we get to those,
to deal with those issues,
it's best to kind of slowly build up the foundations
and then get to that,
because you need a lot of things in place
and thinking the right way before we get there.
But today I want us to think about what it means for God to be sovereign.
Okay, he has sovereignty.
We've seen that just from those two verses.
He is king.
Almost all Christians can agree on that.
But the key thing to ask is,
okay, but what is God sovereign over?
And in what way is he sovereign over those things?
And there are some, and so we might ask,
are there some things he isn't sovereign over?
Okay, he's king, but like,
maybe he's not king of everything.
Things he isn't kind of in control of
or doesn't have a plan for.
And is he sovereign over some things
kind of in a more hands-on way
and other things in a bit more kind of a standoffish way?
That's what I want us to see today.
So I want us to just jump in,
and I'm not trying to answer this question.
What is God sovereign over?
It's my first point today.
And I want you to break out into groups,
and I've got you a big table there,
12 different sections.
And I want you to look up the verses in this chart.
And each kind of section tells us
what God is sovereign over.
Okay, so let's do the first one together.
So first row, Genesis 1-1.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
And so the next section,
God is sovereign over dot, dot, dot.
I'll give you the answer.
God is sovereign over creation, right?
There is one creator.
God is the one who is in control
and has authority over creation.
He is the creator, right?
So there you go.
You can just write creation in that box.
And I'll go for the rest of the 11.
I'll give you six minutes for this.
Try and work quickly through them.
You don't need to kind of write a big essay in that box.
Just if you think,
okay, he's sovereign over this thing,
boom, write it in.
I'll give you six minutes.
Go for it.
Okay, let's bring it back together.
So, minds active.
Everyone on standby,
because I'm going to be picking on you.
So, number two,
Psalm 135.
Beth, what is God's sovereign over?
What did you write?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sorry, I caught you off guard.
Nature, okay?
That's exactly it.
So, God is completely in charge over nature.
So, weather patterns
and atoms in the sky
aren't random.
They aren't out of his control.
No, he is the one who makes the clouds rise.
He makes lightning strike
and brings forth wind.
It is not just Mother Nature
out there doing its thing.
God is in control
and in charge
and determining
all the events of nature.
Right?
So, you can write nature in that box.
How about number three?
David Fels.
What do you get for that?
I wasn't here, but I'm a guest.
Oh, sorry, sorry.
No, I'll pick on Lachis.
The Lord didn't want you to be here.
Yeah, yeah.
Lachis, what do you get for number three?
Times and seasons.
Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
Times and seasons.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And also, kings,
setting up kings,
removing them,
the events of all those times and seasons.
I put history, right?
Human history.
That might be an easy way
to sum it up, right?
And also,
the boundaries
of everyone's dwelling place,
where every single person
is going to live, right?
Human history.
We can put it there.
So,
history isn't kind of flowing
in a kind of
a cascade of events.
We don't know what's coming next
or God doesn't know
what's coming next.
No.
History is a story
and God is writing it
or he's written it.
Okay?
He's sovereign over it.
How about number four?
So,
a lot is like a
it's like a dice,
basically, right?
Grace.
What did you get for that?
Okay, yeah.
There's a bit of a tricky one.
I kind of wanted to highlight this.
It's randomness
or chance, right?
So,
a dice is rolled.
We think that's random.
We would say random, right?
But actually,
it's every decision
is from the Lord.
Right?
So,
that's why I'm quoting
randomness or chance.
Because actually,
there is no such thing
as random
or chance.
It looks random to us,
but God knows
even how the roll of a dice
is going to go.
Right?
It's from the Lord.
How about number five?
This one's a bit tricky.
I was trying to,
I'll answer this one.
I was just trying to kind of capture
all the things
that we've seen so far.
So,
God
not only created
everything,
but he
holds everything together.
Moment by moment,
Colossians 1.
All things
hold together in him
or in Christ.
And Matthew 10,
even down to the,
even down to the life
of a sparrow,
God is in control of that.
Right?
What I've said in that box
is providence.
Right?
The term for this
is providence.
God's control
and care
and kind of
hands-on
sovereignty
over every single moment
in creation.
So,
it's not just
he creates
and kind of
creation is set loose
and just
he's kind of
steps back
and it runs on its own.
No,
he is
upholding every moment.
How about number six?
Psalm 139.
Jeremiah,
James,
Harry,
what do you get for that?
Life.
Right.
Yeah.
So,
not just
human history
in the grand sense,
which that is true,
but also down to
individual lives.
Good fist bump.
You deserve a fist bump.
No,
there you go.
Individual human lives,
right?
So,
you formed,
your eyes saw my
unformed substance.
You created me
in the womb.
all the days of my life
were written
before they even happened.
We see that with Jeremiah.
Jeremiah is an example of that.
So,
it's not just prophets.
He's an example of that.
But that goes for all of us.
And so,
all our lives depend
on the Lord's will.
If the Lord wills,
we will live
and do this or that,
right?
He's sovereign
over every single
life
and the direction
of it.
And number seven,
how about number seven?
Yeah,
Katia?
It's about the heart
and the willingness
of that heart.
Oh,
excellent,
right?
Human hearts
and their willingness,
their decisions.
I put human decisions,
right?
But that,
of course,
that's all connected
to the heart.
And now,
this is where,
I know,
this can kind of be
a bit controversial.
This is where the questions
start arising.
We will get there,
but I just want to see
what the Bible says,
right?
So,
the king's heart.
And it's interesting that,
so if you look at Proverbs 21,
it's interesting it shows,
it highlights the king here
because the king
of the land
is kind of the person
with the most freedom.
Like,
the most choices
of anyone,
right?
It's kind of,
he's the pinnacle
of humanity,
but even the king,
the king's heart
is a stream of water
in the hand of the Lord
and the Lord
directs his heart
wherever he will.
And so,
we may have plans
and decisions,
but it is the Lord
who establishes them.
And we see,
even with someone
like Pharaoh,
a king,
the Lord is in control
of his heart
and what he does,
right?
God is sovereign
over human decisions.
And John,
and look at number eight,
I'll give you this one.
God is sovereign
over salvation,
right?
No one can come
to the Father,
can come to me
unless the Father
who sent me
draws him.
God has mercy
on whom he has mercy.
God saves us
not because of our works,
but because of his own
purpose and grace.
God is completely
in control,
in charge,
and determines
all matters to do
with faith and salvation.
And how about number nine?
Lamentations,
1 Samuel 2.
Lucy?
We've said
blessings and curses
and sort of
the world
of fortunes
and fortunes.
Yeah,
yeah,
that's good.
I didn't get a neat
word for this.
I kind of just
thought in my head,
it's the whole spectrum
of events of life,
whether it's the good
and the bad,
life and death,
plenty and poverty.
Think of a neat word
for that,
but you can write that
in the box.
I've kind of written
six words there.
Right?
It's the whole spectrum
from good events
to bad events.
The Lord is in control
of all of them.
Right?
They're not chaos
to him.
Which includes
row 10.
I'll give you this one.
This includes sin
and evil
and Satan himself.
Evil is not
in control of God.
God is in control
of evil.
And it all unfolds,
even sin itself,
it all unfolds
under his sovereign control.
He's the one
in charge of it.
And we're going to see
in a few weeks
that does not mean
God is the author
of sin.
It does not mean
God
commits evil.
No,
God is pure
and good.
God is in charge of evil.
But at the same time,
he is sovereign over it.
And so,
it's either
evil is in charge of God
or God is in charge of evil.
And it's
the latter.
God is in charge of...
And even
Satan,
right?
Satan has to ask
permission
from God
to do something.
And God
is the one
who allows it.
Now,
I know
more questions
will arise in your head.
We will get on to that.
But I want us to see
this is what the Bible says.
Right?
And so,
he's sovereign over sin
and even,
11,
even
the greatest
sin,
the greatest evil
that has ever been committed,
the crucifixion
of the Son of God.
Right?
So,
Acts 2,
Peter says,
this Jesus,
you crucified
the crowd,
the Jews.
You crucified.
You're responsible.
But look,
it all happened.
He was delivered up
according to
the definite plan
and foreknowledge
of God.
Right?
God
was even in control
over the worst
evil ever committed.
It was the will
of the Lord
to crush
Jesus.
And so,
12,
what is God's
sovereign over?
Just have a look
with me.
I am God
and there is none
like me
declaring the end
from the beginning.
So,
before
history even starts,
God has declared
all that will happen.
And Romans 11,
he has no
counsellor
to tell him
what to do
or how that unfolds.
But what's that?
Just look at the last line.
For from him
and through him
and to him
are all things.
What is God
sovereign over?
All things.
Okay?
He's in charge,
in control
and determines
all things.
and so,
it is from creation,
all of human history,
all the way
to the end,
to the new heavens
and the new earth.
And everything in between
from human life,
kings rising and falling,
birth,
death,
tombstone,
nature,
everything,
all things.
So,
can you see
what this means
for God
to be sovereign?
He controls
and has authority
and determines
and is powerful
over
and has planned
all things.
There aren't
some things
he's sovereign over,
but some things
he can't really touch.
No,
every single thing
in creation,
down to the last
electron,
it is all
under
God's
sovereign control,
all things.
And I know
questions
will come from this.
How can God
be good
but also
sovereign over evil?
How can God
be in control
of human decisions
without us
just being robots?
And we will
get on to that,
but this is just
a fundamental thing
we first need
to establish
and must see
that the Bible
clearly teaches
God is sovereign
over all things.
And there's something
else we need
to see about that.
I want us to see
God is sovereign
over all these things
because
he has planned
and declared it
from all eternity.
And this is the next
thing I want to see.
We'll try and do
questions at the end
or I'll try to avoid
questions at the end
and try to overrun.
But this is the second point.
God has an eternal decree.
So look at Isaiah 46
again in box 12.
So do you see
that language
in Isaiah 46?
God declares
the end
from the beginning.
Do you see
he has a counsel
and a purpose
for all things.
And this is what
is often called
God's eternal decree
or eternal will.
right?
We see it in Ephesians 1
as well.
This kind of has a focus
on salvation with it
and we're going to look
at that next week.
But just look at this
eternal decree.
Ephesians 1.
He chose us in him
before the foundation
of the world.
Before creation.
He predestined us
for adoption
as sons
through Jesus Christ
according to the purpose
of his will.
Having been predestined
according to the purpose
of him
who works all things
according to the counsel
of his will.
So look what the Bible teaches.
Before time
or creation
even came to be
in eternity past
in God's divine mind
God had thought
and planned
and purposed
and willed
all that will happen
in creation.
And it will all happen
according to the counsel
of his will.
What he wants
what he says.
And the Westminster Confession
of Faith
which is kind of our guide
in Sunday school
our guide through the zoo.
It says this
look at chapter 3
verse 1
article 1
God
from all eternity
did by the most wise
and holy counsel
of his own will
freely
and unchangeably
ordain
whatsoever
comes to pass.
Ordain
is decree
declare
state
kind of
pre-plan
whatsoever
comes to pass.
So it's like
before God said
let there be light
before he said that
he already
kind of
had a blueprint
and a comprehensive
plan
for the entire universe.
He kind of
had all the history
books written
already
and then
when he said
let there be light
it all just
started happening
according to that
blueprint.
And as our lives
happen
and each
moment
passes
each moment
is unfolding
exactly
as God
has planned
and declared
it to be.
The history books
are already written
and now it's
unfolding.
And this is
expressing
the teaching of
you may have
heard this word
predestination.
This is the
biblical teaching
that God
has
pre-planned
or predestined
all things
in creation
in history.
And as soon
as you hear
predestination
you might
get
shudders
down your
spine
might strike
terror in your
heart
you may not
like this word
you might think
it's all just
kind of a bit
philosophical
but actually
I want us to
see
predestination
and God's
eternal decree
and God's
sovereignty
over all things
this is all
just fundamental
to God
being God.
Okay.
So I want you
to think of it
like this.
God
what is God?
God is
the creator
of all things.
All things.
right?
And this
means
all things
are dependent
on him.
I want to
extend that
line
making sure
you see
it's all
dependent
on God
hanging on
him.
Right?
Nothing can
exist without
God.
There is nothing
independent from
him.
Nothing that
doesn't need
him for life
or existence.
There's nothing
out here
exists floating
but I don't
need God
exist on
my own.
No.
All things
are dependent
on God
and God
is dependent
on nothing.
God is the
source of all
things.
He has no
source.
And so all
that happens,
it happens
because God
says so.
because in
eternity God
decreed and
declares all
that we're
being.
He declares
the end from
the beginning.
So everything,
all things,
hang on God's
word and his
plan.
Nothing can
happen outside
of God's
plan.
And so that
includes all
that we've seen
in the timeline.
So that timeline
on the back,
right?
It's all
things.
Creation,
new heavens,
new earth,
human history,
kings,
life and
death,
cross,
everything.
And this,
this is
simply what
it means
for God
to be God
and Lord.
This is what
it means
to be
eternal
and all
knowing.
He knows
all things
and knows
the future
and knows
the past
and knows
all things
that are
happening
right now
and is in
control of
all of it
because he
has decreed
and predestined
all of it
before the
foundation of
the world.
And what
does God
use or
rely on
to do that,
to make that
plan?
what's
above him?
Nothing.
It is all,
it's his
language of
Ephesians 1,
according to
the counsel
of his
will.
It's all
based on
what God
in his
perfect wisdom
has decided.
Look at
Romans 11,
who does he
consult?
Who's his
counselor?
No one.
Which means
when God
decreed all
things,
he didn't
look into
the future
and see
what creation
and humans
might choose
to do
and then
base his
plan on
that.
As if God
makes this
thing called
creation,
this concoction
and it's
let loose
and it's
a bit out
of God's
hands,
he doesn't
know what's
coming next
and he
doesn't
intervene
too much
out of
love.
And so
he looks
through the
corridor of
time of
what that
creation is
going to
do,
kind of
looks ahead
and he
sees the
choices
and the
decisions
and the
preferences
of that
creation
he's just
made.
As if
he looks
into the
future
and sees
Andrew
Quay in
2026
and oh
that's what
Andrew likes
to choose
and oh
that's what
he wants
there and
oh he
wants to
live in
Ealing,
okay,
okay I
like that,
I see
that.
And then
so he
starts writing
his decree
according to
that and
then somehow
that's the
plan that
happens.
That's not
the case.
That is a
wrong teaching
called,
do it in,
that's a
wrong teaching
called open
theism.
You don't
need to
remember this,
I'm just giving you the term
just in case I come
across it,
open theism.
And this teaching
basically says
there's kind of a
back and forth
between
creation.
And so
God creates
fine,
God creates
all things,
all things.
But,
but also
creation is
free
in a way
that God
doesn't kind
of sovereignly
declare
anything to
be.
It kind
of just,
it happens
because it's
its own
thing.
And so
that means
God
learns
from his
creation.
Creation
provides him
knowledge of
what it's
going to
do.
And so
God plans
history with
that in
mind.
And now
just think
about that.
What is
the issue
with that?
Really,
that makes
God
dependent
on
creation.
Creation
is now
this thing
that feeds
God
knowledge
that he
didn't have
before.
And in
that case,
what does
that mean
for all
that we've
just seen?
All
things
aren't
from
God.
God
doesn't
really
declare
the end
from the
beginning.
God
can't
predestine
us for
adoption.
In fact,
there's no
guarantee
God can
do anything
in the
future because
he's
dependent
on creation
and our
choices
to plan
the future.
And now,
open theists
wouldn't
admit that.
God
does have
a plan
and he's
going to
bring it
all to
completion
and there
is going
to be a
new heavens
and new
earth.
But they
can't
account for
that,
for this
way of
thinking
about
God
because he's
dependent
on us
for the
future.
And that
ultimately
leaves God
powerless
over this
world.
He isn't
really the
sovereign.
And in
this model,
God
ceases to
be God.
there is
something
supreme
over God
and something
that he
actually
learns from
and needs.
But look
what the
confession
says,
article 2,
chapter 3.
Although God
knows whatsoever
may or can
come to
pass upon
all supposed
conditions,
he can look
through the
corridor of
time,
so to speak,
yet he has
not decreed
anything because
he foresaw
it as future.
God is
sovereign over
all things
because he
has declared
it.
It's all
happening
according to
his perfect
and holy
will.
And it's
here we
might ask,
but doesn't
God will
things that
don't happen?
So 1
Timothy 2,
God desires
all people to
be saved and
come to the
knowledge of
truth.
2 Peter 3,
the Lord is
not willing
that any
should perish.
But what
might we
ask?
So does
God will
things that
don't come
to pass?
How do we
square all
of this
with things
like this?
God
commanding
things to
happen?
Well,
it's here that
we need to
make a
distinction
between God's
hidden will
and God's
revealed will.
We'll finish
in one minute.
The difference
between God's
decretive will
and his
prescriptive will
or his
sovereign will
and his
moral will.
That's in the
little chart
on your sheet.
So God's
sovereign will
is what he
has planned
for all
things from
eternity.
And that's
secret to us.
That's in God's
mind.
We can't know
what he's
planned.
That's his
decretive will.
But God has
also revealed
what he wants
from us,
our duty.
He wants
everyone to
believe in
Christ and
be saved.
That's why we
preach to
everyone.
That is God's
will.
Come to
Christ,
repent and
believe.
he wants
that from
everyone.
It's the
simple call
to the
gospel.
And that's
his moral
command to
us.
It's just
like you
shall not
murder.
His will
is everyone
on earth
should not
murder.
That's his
will.
But it's
his moral
will.
It's his
revealed
will.
But that
doesn't mean
everyone's
going to
obey that
revealed
will.
And when
they don't,
when there
is murder
or someone
doesn't
believe in
Christ,
that doesn't
mean God
isn't in
control of
those things.
He's not
like, I
want everyone
to be saved.
That's my
will.
That's my
plan.
But I
just can't
do it.
Right?
I've
revealed it,
but I
can't really
do it.
No.
This is
just a
distinction
of how we
speak about
God's
will.
It's
revealed and
it's hidden.
There are
two aspects
to it.
And so
God is
sovereign over
all these
things because
in eternity
past, he
decreed all
things that
will come
to pass.
And it's
all according
to the
purpose of
his hidden
decretive
sovereign
will.
And why
is all this
important?
Let me
leave you
with this.
This is
important because
this makes
God,
God.
If we are
to have a
lower view
of God's
sovereignty
than this,
it makes
God dependent
on us.
He's not
the source
of all
life and
knowledge and
therefore he's
not God.
And so this
way of
thinking honours
who God
really is.
But also
God's sovereignty
is important
because this
means nothing
in your life
is out of
control.
God is in
complete control
of all of
it.
He's upholding
you every
moment with
every step
you take.
And when
you belong
to Christ,
everything in
your life
has a good
and wise
purpose.
Look at
Romans 8
28.
And we
know that
for those
who love
God,
all things
work together
for good
for those
who are
called
according
to his
purpose.
For those
in Christ,
God has
planned and
purposed all
things in
your life
for what is
good for
you.
Nothing
is in
action.
Nothing
is out of
control.
No problem
you are
facing
is too
great for
God to
deal with
because
he is
the king
of heaven
and earth.
He's not
dependent.
And so
we don't
need to
fear the
future.
We don't
need to
worry about
God's plan
for our
lives because
nothing ahead
of us is
random,
even that
roll of
the dice.
And we
know this
because of
a fundamental
truth about
God.
God is
sovereign.