Prearranged

God’s sovereignty appears to be under siege today. Is he ignoring our worldly chaos?

We ask: How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you? Will you let them dishonor your name forever? (Psa. 74:10)

Unspeakable—the pain that some inflict upon the innocent, in the name of idealism, democracy, philanthropy, or religion. Through governments, a savage demigod (Satan) performs his personal vendetta against the souls of men and women.

But here we must replace our dime-store telescope with a Hubble—God’s Word—to see our assignments clearly, according to His calendar.

The Lord does not delay [as though He were unable to act] and is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is [extraordinarily] patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. (II Peter 3:9 Amp)

God’s sovereign embrace holds all things together. Every atom. Every living cell. Every molecule is appointed to fulfill His purposes.

All things were made and came into existence through Him [Jesus]; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being. Through Jesus all things consist… (John 1:3-4 Amp )

Jesus’ body was prepared for suffering (Hebrews 10:5). Jesus selected the timber sawn and milled for His cross. His forge shaped and sharpened the spikes that were driven into his hands and feet. Jesus nurtured the thorn bush that Roman soldiers fashioned into a crown. Every nerve in His 33-year-old body was appointed for crucifixion.

His blood stained His temple floor, where His beloved Jewish people called for His execution.

But it was the LORD’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants...(Isa. 53:10a NLB)

“Good” plan?

Comparing Jesus’ bodily trauma to his inner agony on the cross, may be likened to weighing a single kernel of wheat against the volume of grain in a thousand fields.

 Jesus was born with a human psyche like ours, and absorbed the collective inner anguish of billions of people who have been crushed by trials. God, in human skin, imposed unspeakable trauma upon himself—which fully qualifies him to be our Savior—and Savior for every man and woman on earth.

Therefore, it was essential that He [Jesus] had to be made like His brothers (mankind) in every respect, so that He might [by experience] become a merciful and faithful High Priest in things related to God, to make atonement (propitiation) for the people’s sins [thereby wiping away the sin, satisfying divine justice, and providing a way of reconciliation between God and mankind]. [Hebrews 2:17 Amp]

 For indeed Christ died for sins once for all, the Just and Righteous for the unjust and unrighteous [the Innocent for the guilty] so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit… (I Peter 3:18 Amp)

 We can depend upon this same Jesus to superintend the details of our lives. We are part of God’s powerful, sovereign prearrangement of destinies.