Today's encouragement comes from Psalm 115:3, which says this:
"But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases."This is a great verse on the sovereignty of God: the doctrine that the Lord does what He wants to do; and that He is not beholden to anyone or any-thing. But sometimes we have to admit that we (even among the true church) do not always like the things the sovereign God allows to happen. After all, there are a lot of "negative" events that occur in our world (and even to our-selves).
What is the sincere and serious Christian to do about this? That is a very val-id question. We are to trust that the Maker of all things, and the Redeemer of His elect church understands and directs *all* things according to a great plan of His, (that He alone can and does fully comprehend). We are to believe that God has His saints' best interests in mind always; and that everything that happens ultimately accrues for the Holy Trinity's glory, the honor of Christ, and the welfare of the true church.
[Puritan quote of the day: "You have heaven while you are on earth when you have a contented spirit; yea, in some regards it is better than heaven.”
—Jeremiah Burroughs, in, "The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment"]
