The Sovereignty of God

Isaac Watts, 1674-1748

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Keep silence all created things,
And wait your Maker's nod;
My soul stands trembling while she sings,
The glories of her God.

Life, death, and Hell, and worlds unknown,
Hang on His firm decree;
He sits on no precarious throne,
Nor asks assent to be.

Chained to His throne, a volume lies,
With all the fates of men,
With every angel's form and size,
Drawn by the eternal pen.

His providence unfolds the book,
And makes His counsels shine;
Each opening leaf, and every stroke,
Fulfills some deep design.

Here He exalts neglected worms,
To kingship and a crown;
And then the following page He turns,
And treads the monarch down.

My God, I would not long to see,
My fate with curious eyes;
What gloomy lines are writ for me,
Or what bright scenes may rise.

In your pure book of life and grace,
O may I find my name,
Recorded in some humble place,
Beneath my Lord the Lamb.

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The verses below emphasize God's absolute sovereignty over all things.
His plans, purposes, and decrees cannot be hindered by puny man!
 

Isaiah 46:9-10
"I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things not yet done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all My purpose!"
 

Job 42:2
"I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted!"
 

Proverbs 19:21
"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."
 

Ephesians 1:11
"In Him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will!"

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