The complete control of God over the cosmos is the most comforting doctrine in the Christian faith—definitely for those who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. “People treat God’s sovereignty as a matter of controversy,” Packer wrote, “but Scripture it is a matter of worship.” The sovereignty of God, as Packer mentioned previously, should stabilize our hearts, minds, and wills.

As I’m sure you’ve seen, NASA’s Artemis II mission around the moon has produced photos that are simply breathtaking. The photo above of Earth from the rocket’s perspective is stunning. But it also reminds us how small we really are. I watched a clip of a podcast the other day when one man was speaking about how he thinks it’s arrogant to say you understand God enough because “we’re ants” in the grand scheme of things. Yes, we’re ants — but “ants” loved and cared for by God.

This is why David, in Psalm 8:3-4, proclaimed “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” It’s quite easy to recognize how small we are in comparison to the vastness of the universe. Though small we are, God still has affection for us. He still cares for us. He still loves us. He still moves in our lives. He’s not the god of Deism which claims God created the world and is letting everything play out and doesn’t intervene. That’s not the god of the Bible. The God of Scripture, the one true and living God, is not only present, but in absolute control — wholly sovereign over all things.

“To know that nothing happens in God’s world apart from God’s will may frighten the godless,” wrote J.I. Packer, “but it stabilizes the saints.”

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