Everything In God’s Control
“Who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will.” Ephesians 1:11
As Christians, we believe God’s wisdom supposes and necessitates that He has a settled purpose and plan, in the work of salvation. What would creation have been without His design? Is there a fish in the sea, or a bird in the air, which was left to chance for its formation? Surely not! In every bone, joint, and muscle, sinew, gland, and blood-vessel, you can mark the presence of a God working everything according to the design of infinite wisdom.
And shall God be present in creation, ruling over all, and not in grace? With God’s intervention bringing the grace of salvation to His people, there comes about the new creation, and there’s nothing that can stop it.
Understand this; not a sparrow falls to the ground without the Father’s council. Even the hairs of your head are all numbered. He knows the end from the beginning. He beholds in their ordained position, each of the chosen stones taken out of the quarry of nature, and polished by His grace. He sees the whole from corner to cornice, from base to roof, from foundation to pinnacle. He has in His mind, a clear knowledge of every stone which shall be laid in its prepared space, and how vast the edifice shall be.
At the last it shall be clearly seen that in every chosen vessel of mercy, Jehovah did as He willed, with His own; and that in every part of the work of grace, He accomplished His purpose, and glorified His own name.
Tell me, have you entered into a secure salvation, which God has provided through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ? Have you become a new creature in Christ, with a change that brings about a love for God, and a desire to be obedient to His commandments?