The sovereignty of God (Part 1)

"From Him...are all things." Romans 11:36

Acknowledging God's sovereign control in all things doesn't make us helpless pawns, or free us from responsibility. No:
(1) It takes away our anxiety. When you rest in the loving character of God you can say, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life" (Ps 23:6). That's a "surely" you can't get form your banker, your broker, your insurance man, or anybody else.
(2) If frees us from explanation. We're liberated from the tyranny of having to have all the answers. We can say, "I don't know, but I trust the One who does." The danger of knowing a little theology is that we start thinking we can fathom the unfathomable. Even the great Apostle threw up his hands and said, "How unsearchable are HIs judgments and HIs ways part finding out" (Ro 11:33). Face it, we can't explain why God closes some doors and opens others, how He can take evil and use it for good. But He does, and He usually doesn't explain it to us.
(3) It keeps us from pride. Paul writes, "From him and through him and to him are all things." If you want to make God's sovereignty temporal or limited, then you have to get rid of the "all things," in this Scrpiture, just as you must do in Romans 8:28: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him". If God says, "all things," He means it! It comes down to a simple choice: either we trust God, or we play God. And it's an easy chocie to make!