God Always

God ᗩしᗯᗩᎩᔑ Keeps His Promises.

When bad things happen and people don't know what to say, there is a word that almost always comes up to explain the problem away ~ sovereignty.

Sovereignty is a theological term that refers to God's right and power to do whatever He wants to do. When healing doesn't manifest or when someone dies or a storm dies damage, Christians will often say, "It was God's sovereignty" as a reason for the tragedy.

"He is God, " they say. "He's sovereign and can do whatever He wants to do." That sounds good, doesn't it? But there is a real problem with this kind of thinking.

You see if you believe that God doesn't keep His Word and that He will break His promises, then sovereignty as a reason for tragedy makes real sense. But if you believe that God is righteous and just, that He will honor His Word and keep His promises to you, then this kind of reasoning falls to pieces with even the smallest amount of Scripture. The Bible itself is filled with promises and stories of how God honors His Word.

God is sovereign and has unlimited power, no doubt about it. Yet He has chosen to limit Himself to what He will and will not do concerning mankind, and He spelled it out in His Word. This makes Him sovereign outside of His Word.

Can God do anything? Yes. Will God do anything? No. God has already said what He will do in many situations in the Bible. God has chosen to bind Himself with His own Word, and that is what makes Him alone worthy of our trust.

God promises, "My covenant will I not break, not alter the thing that has gone out of My lips" (Psalm 89:34). We know that God can not lie (Numbers 23:19), and we also know the father of all lies is the devil (Titus 1:2; John 8:44), yet people talk as if He breaks promises on a whim.This is not true. God is a promise keeper, not a promise breaker!