Quotes about Sovereignty

Nothing haunts us more than our search for, finally, a sense of place. As it turns out, true belonging is found only in the sovereign palm of God. There alone we find our place, even amid the seasons of moving, planting, uprooting, and replanting. It's only when we find our place in Him that we find rest. David said it with beautiful simplicity: I am at rest in God alone. PSALM 62:1, CSB

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, and His robe filled the temple. Isaiah 6:1

We don't always have the explanations for certain events and acts of God. He is sovereign. He owes us no explanation. He purposes to teach us to walk by faith and not by sight. When Scripture records an event or judgment

Beloved, we're living in the lions' den. Victory is ours when we walk with God daily in habitual prayer, when we know His Word well enough to trust His sovereignty, and when we cast ourselves on Him and make an honest plea for help. He derives great satisfaction from shutting that lion's mouth.

Lord, our God, other lords than You have ruled over us, but we remember Your name alone. Isaiah 26:13

God is not harsh; He is holy. He is not selfish; He is sovereign. He is not unfeeling; He is all-knowing. Like David, we need to come to know Him, and respect Him; and, like David, we will love Him more.

God can do what He says He can do precisely because He is who He says He is.

What a relief to know that we'll never battle anything out of God's jurisdiction.

I am the LORD, and there is no other… . I, the LORD, speak truthfully; I say what is right. Isaiah 45:18—19

There is no one like You, and there is no God besides You, as all we have heard confirms. 2 Samuel 7:22

Who are you— anyone who talks back to God? Romans 9:20

Since God created man with certain unalienable rights, and man, in turn, created government to help secure and safeguard those rights, it follows that man is superior to the creature which he created. Man is superior to government and should remain master over it, not the other way around. Even the non-believer can appreciate the logic of this relationship.