Today’s devotion comes from Deuteronomy 2:1-7.
“Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke to me, and circled Mount Seir for many days. And the LORD spoke to me, saying, ‘You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north, and command the people, saying, “You will pass through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful; do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. You shall buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink. For the LORD your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.”’ Deuteronomy 2:1-7.
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Other doctrine believes in the alleged free-will of man.
But, Reformed Doctrine believes in the total perfect sovereignty of God.
“The LORD has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all.” Psalm 103:19.
“But our God is in the heavens;
He does whatever He pleases.” Psalm 115:3.
“The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD;
He turns it wherever He wishes.” Proverbs 21:1.
Here is a simple logical reason to believe the total perfect sovereignty of God.
God could not fulfill His promises if man’s alleged free-will existed, because such man’s alleged free-will could block the fulfillment of God’s promises or at least alter the means or timing of the fulfillment of God’s promises. Thus, in such a hypothetical situation, God could not be trusted to fulfill His promises and His promised means and timing of how His promises would be fulfilled.
But, if indeed God’s sovereignty rules over all, then God totally and perfectly controls every detail, and God could fulfill all of His promises exactly how and when as promised. God would indeed be trustworthy.
Man does not like God’s total perfect sovereignty.
“2 The kings of the earth take their stand
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us tear their fetters apart
And cast away their cords from us!”
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs,
The LORD scoffs at them.
5 Then He will speak to them in His anger
And terrify them in His fury, saying,
6 “But as for Me, I have installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.” Psalm 2:2-6.
Here is a good summary and conclusion.
“9 “Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;
11 Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man of My purpose from a far country.
Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, surely I will do it.” Isaiah 46:9-11.
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