Keep Your Eyes on the Big Issue -Jehovah's Sovereignty

"May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth." -Psalm 83:18. 

FOR many people today, money is the big issue.  They are focused on accumulating wealth or on holding on to what they have. Others consider their big issue to be family, health, or personal accomplishments.

However, a very big issue facing all of us is the vindication of Jehovah's sovereignty.  We need to guard against losing sight  of this vital issue.  How could that happen? We could become so absorbed  in the demands  of our day-to-day life that we just forget just how important the vindication of God's sovereignty really is.  Or we could allow the weight of our personal trials to eclipse that great issue.  On the other hand, the keener our appreciation for the vindication of Jehovah's sovereignty, the better equipped we are to meet challenges in our daily lives.  And such appreciation will draw us closer to Jehovah.

WHY SO IMPORTANT?

The action of Satan the Devil has raised the question of the rightfulness of Jehovah's sovereignty. He contends that God's rulership is corrupt and that Jehovah withholds the best from his creatures.  According to the Devil, Humans would be far happier and better off ruling themselves.  (Genesis 3:1-5) Satan has also implied that no human at heart is loyal to God-that under sufficient pressure, anyone will reject Jehovah's rulership.  (Job 2:4, 5)  In connection with the Devil's challenge, Jehovah is allowing time for human experience to reveal the unsavory truth about life outside God's righteous rule. 

Of course, Jehovah knows that the Devils allegations are false.  So why has God chosen to allow the issue to go on, giving Satan time to prove his point?  The answer involves all intelligent creatures.  (Read Psalm 83:18) After all, the first human couple rejected Jehovah's rulership, and so have many others since then.  This could lead some to wonder whether there might be validity to the Devil's claim. As long as the question remains unsettled  in the minds of humans or angels, discord among nations, races, tribes, families, and individuals exist.  But after Jehovah's sovereignty is vindicated,  all will submit everlastingly to his righteous rule.  Universal peace will be restored. -Ephesians 1:9,10. 

The rightfulness of God's sovereignty will be vindicated and rule by Satan and humans will utterly fail and be removed.  (Note: Looks like it already failed over and over again, because humans cannot rule themselves.)  Rule by God through his Messianic Kingdom will succeed, and integrity-keepers will have proved that humans  can take their stand for God's rulership.  (Isaiah 45:23, 24) Do you want to be among those who go on record as integrity-keepers, we need to fix our eyes on that big issue and comprehend how important it really is. 

Next time: Keep Your Eyes on the Big Issue -Jehovah's Sovereignty -VINDICATION MORE IMPORTANT THAN SALVATION

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