God's cup!
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Deuteronomy 32:39,
"See now that I Myself am He!
There is no god besides Me.
I put to death and I bring to life,
I have wounded and I will heal,
and no one can deliver out of my hand!"
God's mode of dealing is often wrapped in mystery.
We fail to understand why one is elevated to the highest rank—while others seem to waste their days in poverty and obscurity.
But no doubts should arise. It should be firmly fixed in our persuasions, that in all these matters, God's hand prevails.
"The Lord brings death and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and raises up.
The Lord sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and he exalts." 1 Samuel 2:6-7
In the same way, afflictions, sorrows and trials are all appointed by the same unerring wisdom!
God's hand holds a cup which is mixed in accordance with His sovereign and righteous will.
According to His good pleasure, He causes all men to drink from it.
But what will be the portion of the wicked?
"It is God alone who judges. For the Lord holds a cup in His hand; it is full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours the wine out in judgment, and all the wicked must drink it, draining it to the dregs!" Psalm 75:7-8
Let the unsaved tremble! They are forewarned that they must drink God's cup to the dregs—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish forever!