The Lord reigns!
by Ruth Olsen
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Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity (Psalm 93:2).
Read Psalm 93
This short psalm is so full and rich! Can you hear the sounds, watch what is happening and join in the worship of the living Lord? Declaration after declaration. No matter what happens in our earthly realm and the plans and schemes of the evil one, the world and our fallen nature, the Lord reigns! Eternally!
In and through Jesus, the Lord comes to us:
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life … no-one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no-one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one (John 10:27–30).
Cupped and secure in his hands.
Sheep need leading; otherwise, they can easily end up in BIG trouble! But in following their Shepherd, they can be led to green pastures, places of rest and restoration, healing and transformation (Psalm 23). That’s what the Lord who reigns is like, revealed to us by the Spirit in and through Jesus. He desires a deepening relationship with us. He desires his self-giving love to flow through us to a hurting world, even one person at a time.
As the Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 1:22,23:
And God placed all things under the feet of [Christ Jesus] and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, and fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
Gentleness, majesty and authority – all in One!
We bless you, Lord God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit!
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work in us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen (Ephesians 3:20,21).
Tough things happen in life for each of us at some stage. Currently, Ruth is on a health-issue journey with Jesus in a ‘winter season’. For helpful insights into seasons, she recommends Pastor Rolly Stahl’s teaching series, ‘Seasons of the Soul’, available on YouTube.
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