OUR GOD REIGNETH
“Alleluia: for the
Lord God omnipotent reigneth” (Revelation 19:6).
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It’s true
that as we look around us all we can see is the evil and the wickedness
and the
corruption that seems to be the “norm”, we would be inclined to ask,
“Where is
God?” Yes, our complaint would be as the saints of old: “Thou
art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on
iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon
them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked
devoureth
the man that is more righteous than he?” (Habakkuk 1:13); or
as
Jeremiah complains: “Wherefore doth the
way of the wicked prosper? wherefore
are all they happy that deal very
treacherously?” (12:1); or as the Psalmist: “For I
was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of
the wicked. For there are no bands in their
death: but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other
men;
neither are they plagued like other men. Therefore pride compasseth
them about
as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. Their eyes stand out
with
fatness: they have more than heart could
wish. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. They set their mouth
against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Therefore
his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to
them. And
they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the
world; they increase in riches” (73:3-12).
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Yet,
beloved, even though this is true of those “that
know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2
Thessalonians 1:8), it is also true that if “we
walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7), we can
still see that our great God is still on control! Note that our
text is found after the 7 Seals of
Revelation 5 to 8:1, the 7 Trumpets of chapter 8:2 to 11:15, and the 7
Plagues
of chapter 15:1 to 16:17, and all that is contained therein, but also before the Church is married to the
Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ coming to destroy the wicked, the great
white
throne judgment of the lost, the creation of the new heaven and earth,
and the
assurance of glory in the Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, our hearts and lips
should
unite with those in our text in singing the Song of Victory of our
text; for
truly our omnipotent God is worthy to be praised because ALL that has
happened,
is happening, and will happened, is not by accident, but because He has
so
ordained it to happen! Why? Because He has reigned, is reigning, and
will reign
to accomplish ALL that He pleases to do in that He has ALL power to do
it as
Isaiah tells us: “For I am God, and there
is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end
from the
beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done,
saying, My
counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:… yea, I have spoken
it, I
will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it” (46:9-11).
May this fill your heart and mind with peace and comfort knowing that
no matter
how dark things get around us, or how desperate things might get, we
know with
all assurance “that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according
to his purpose” (Romans 8:28). “Alleluia:
for the Lord God omnipotent
reigneth” (Revelation 19:6). Amen.