When all is said and done, the most comforting concept to me (this side of
Jordan) is that God is sovereign in the world. Nothing escapes Him,
and in His benevolene He works everything out for the good of those who
love Him and are allowing Him to work His purpose in their lives.
It must be akin to the security a child feels when his father is firmly in
control of his environment. Being helpless and vulnerable as children,
we must feel a kindly presence more powerful than ourselves if we would
be comfortable and secure in the home as children and in the world as
His children.
When the evidence of the devil's work breaks all around us every day, we
must take refuge in a God who holds all of it in His hand - the good,
the bad, the willing and the unwilling: the entire operation. He is all
powerful, ever-present, all knowing. He is in benevolent
control of the whole operation.
I need to know that with every breath
I take. The world would be a scary, meaningless place if we were not
in His hand.
Aline Edson