Category: God’s Sovereignty

Psalm 37:7-8 (NKJV) 7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm.

As children of God, watching wicked people prosper and go unpunished is probably one of the hardest things we witness.

Having a desire to do right, and also wanting to see others do the right thing can set us up for a lot of disappointments.

It can also cause us to become angry and frustrated as we watch evil schemes play out before our eyes, seemingly with no repercussions for those who carry them out.

Wanting to see justice in these situations is natural. But we may not always see it.

The way God handles things is not always how we would like it to be.

This is not anything new. It a centuries-old concern that has gotten some people in trouble for disagreeing with God’s ways.

Job is one person who comes to mind, as he demanded an audience with God, so he could question Him about the injustices he had seen in his lifetime.

In the end, God corrected Job. He put him in his place, asking him, “where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?”.

He then went on to ask Job about several other things that only caused Job to become humbler. And in the end, he repented before God, showing great remorse for the words he had spoken.

So it is with us. We need to be careful not to spend our days questioning everything we see that God is allowing.

We see things through natural eyes, with finite minds. God is infinite.

Isaiah 55:9 (NKJV) 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Let us not be like Job, constantly questioning the ways of God, digging ourselves a hole that may be hard to climb out of.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Psalm 24:8 (NKJV) 8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.

In these days of rampant evil and a constant onslaught of the enemy’s attacks, it’s important that we constantly remember and meditate on the power and the sovereignty of our God.

The attacks that we endure will try to wear us down and break our resolve. Over time, this can cause us to want to give up and surrender.

But as we are reminded of who God is, and of His strength, sovereignty and faithfulness, our spirits will be lifted and revived.

He will pick us up and nudge us forward as we look to Him, focusing on His leading instead of wallowing in the darkness of what we’re fighting against.

And who is He?

He is the King of glory. He is the Lord strong and mighty. He is the Lord mighty in battle.

What better ally could we have than the Creator and Maker of all we see; the One who breathed life into our lungs and gave our heart the beat that keeps us alive.

He is above all. There is none like Him.

He is Adonai, Jehovah, YHWH; I AM WHO I AM.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Nehemiah 9:6 (NJKV) 6 You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You.

Sometimes we need a reminder of who God is; His majesty, His wonder and His sovereignty.

It can be easy sometimes to look past things and forget that everything we see is a miracle, created by our heavenly Father.

He alone is the Lord.

Nothing that we see was made by anyone other than Him.

And get this; what He created, He preserves!

He created it all in a way that keeps it. It stays in its place and it continues to do what it is supposed to do.

The ocean tides come in and go out like clockwork.

The earth rotates perfectly, at the same speed, day after day.

The seasons change. They never stop.

The moon goes from full to new, and it keeps doing it again and again.

Flowers bloom and die, only to bloom again. And the process goes on.

The sun lights the sky and gives warmth. And it never fails to do so.

God did it all. He is faithful.

Let us remember this at all times. Amen!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Matthew 1:23 (NKJV) 23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

A virgin shall be with child…meditate on that one part of the verse for a moment.

Do you find everything in you saying, “Wow!”?

Can we even try to comprehend it with our minds? My head hurts when I think of this.

Even the little that we can comprehend shows us how incredibly mighty our Creator is.

He took a virgin and caused her to conceive a child by the Holy Spirit. Simply miraculous!

I get touched by this every time I read it.

God had a plan to save us, to be with us and to help us have eternal life with Him. He wants us to be with Him forever.

If you are feeling lonely, unloved, uncared for, abused, hurt, angry and like no one cares, this is going to help you if you will let it!

It’s so deep, but yet so simple. His plan was to save each one of us. Why? Because of His love toward us.

Immanuel, God with us!

God in the flesh, Jesus Christ, Savior of this world!

Praise Him today with everything in us. He is worthy.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Acts 13:22 (NKJV) 22 And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’

God removes, and God raises up!

Sometimes we think we have the bull by the horns, so to speak. We think we have it all under control.

Many of our government officials believe their positions are absolute, and no one can touch them.

On a personal level, maybe we feel stable in our careers, in our personal lives, etc., as if we have it all under control.

We need to recognize this in our lives and put a stop to it.

Remember who really has control over it all every minute of every day.

And He will step in when He’s ready. He will say, “enough is enough”, when He knows the time is perfect.

He will stop the evil and He will shut the mouths of the lions when He sees fit.

We ask you today, “why are you worrying?”. Is it because of the things you are dealing with, or what you see happening around you?

God raised up David to be the king who would replace Saul.

David was just going along doing his daily things. He had no aspirations or visions of greatness for his life.

Sometimes just being diligent in what we know to do, being steadfast and persistent, will bring in God’s change.

Just like in David’s case, God pays close attention to our heart.

The state of our heart will either please the Lord or make Him want to vomit us out of His mouth.

Revelation 3:15-16 (NKJV) 15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

He said David was, “a man after My own heart”.

Wow! I can’t even imagine God saying that about any human being because of how imperfect we can be at times.

God wasn’t looking for a man with a perfect heart. He was looking for a man who would allow Him to change, teach, instruct and chasten him when needed; a man that would listen.

Despite his faults, David desired to obey God in all that he did.

I believe God wants to call all His children, “A man or woman after His own heart”.

If our heart is in such a place with God, He will work through each one of us. In that, we will fulfill our purpose here on this earth.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Judges 6:16 (NKJV) 16 And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.”

I remember learning the story of Gideon many, many years ago. I was fascinated when I first learned about it.

Gideon went to battle against the Midianites and defeated them with only 300 men, which is the number of men God had specifically told Gideon to take with him.

Even today it still fascinates me. And it seems that every time I read through it, I learn something new that I hadn’t seen before.

The fact that Gideon defeated the Midian army with only 300 men is incredible. In fact, it is miraculous, since the Bible says that the Midianite and Amalekite armies that they were facing were as numerous as locusts!

But what strikes me even more about this whole thing isn’t Gideon’s victory. It’s the way God chooses to move so uniquely in so many different scenarios.

God rarely, if ever, chooses to do things the same way twice when it comes to how He handles situations that require His intervention.

He does this purposely. And one of the reasons is so no man can try to claim credit or take the glory for the things they accomplish.

God has a habit of taking the playbook and throwing it away. This tends to confound and confuse man’s intellectual understanding and planning, which I find exciting, amusing and exhilarating all at the same time.

1 Corinthians 1:27 (NKJV) 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

You see, God is who He is, and He answers to no man. So, when I see Him switching things up and doing things His way, instead of the way we expect Him to do it, I find that incredibly satisfying.

It just solidifies His sovereignty and proves how much higher His ways are than our ways.

And as a child of God who is learning more every day about walking and living by the spirit, instead of the flesh, seeing God move this way brings me an incredible sense of security and satisfaction.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Matthew 19:26 (NKJV) 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

It’s important that we understand how limited our minds are as humans.

And I don’t say that in a way that refers to some crazy new age doctrine or teaching, but only regarding how hard it is for us to truly comprehend the infinite power of God; His omnipotence.

We look at so many things as being impossible. But that’s because our thinking is finite; limited.

It’s human nature to see things solely in the natural, disregarding the invisible; the spiritual side of things where God operates.

God is infinite and unlimited. There is nothing impossible for Him.

He spoke the worlds into existence. He created night and day. He placed the moon, the sun, the stars and all the planets strategically, right where they belonged. None of this is random or by chance.

God can bring sight to the blind. He can bring hearing to the deaf. He can make the mute to speak. He can bring freedom to those who are in bondage. And He can raise the dead to life again.

He can heal the sick who have been told they are incurable. He can save the ones who are viewed as unsavable. He can forgive those who most people view as unforgivable.

We need to begin seeing through eyes that see with the help of God’s Spirit, not just with our natural understanding.

We need to allow God to teach us how to let go of our natural inclinations and ideas and learn to allow Him to teach us to let the Holy Spirit truly guide our perceptions, our thoughts, our understanding and our actions.

Only then will we understand the power of God and see Him move in and through us.

We need to set God free to rule and reign in our lives. We need to surrender to Him in ways that we have never been courageous enough to do before.

If we allow it to, this will change our lives immensely. In fact, if we really give God the freedom to carry this out in our lives, it has the power to turn our lives upside down.

Let’s do things differently. Let’s live life turned upside down, with God as our navigator.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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John 19:30 (NKJV) 30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

It is finished.

These words represented the completion of everything that Jesus did. And they summed up what God intended to do by sending Christ to earth; to offer mankind redemption through His blood.

We need only to accept the gift and apply it to ourselves as individuals.

In that phrase, “it is finished”, there is something else we need to consider.

God was not obligated to offer His son as a redemptive sacrifice for our sins. But He did it anyway.

Additionally, God is also not obligated to do anything further for us.

Let me explain.

You see, despite what many believers think, God is not obligated to do things for us. He is not obligated to supply our needs. He is not obligated to answer our prayers.

And we could go on to create a lengthy list of other things that we think God is obligated to do, but He really isn’t.

Yet, despite this, He does these things for us anyway!

Why?

Because He is faithful, loving, merciful and compassionate. And He loves us beyond our wildest imaginations.

Yes, He is holy and righteous. Yes, He hates sin. And, yes, He will show His anger at times.

But He wants us, you and me, to know His love. So, He does all the things that He is not obligated to do.

We can’t get confused about this, though. He is not our piggybank or our genie in a bottle, standing by waiting to grant our latest wish or desire.

He is not our ATM, standing by waiting to dole out finances simply because we ask for them.

He is God; pure holy, sovereign, and high above everything else. It’s important that we understand that.

He wants our whole heart. He wants our dedication. He wants our obedience.

He wants us to look to Him, not as our God who is obligated to do everything we want Him to do, but as our God who loves us so much that He chooses to do what He is not obligated to do.

So, let’s be sure to give Him our whole heart, our dedication and our obedience, and learn to love Him for who He is, not for what He can do for us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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