{"id":5978,"date":"2021-03-15T23:46:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T23:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5978"},"modified":"2021-03-15T23:46:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T23:46:35","slug":"%ef%bb%bfsovereign-supreme-disposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5978","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffSovereign, supreme disposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sovereign, supreme disposal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd God placed all things under His feet and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 appointed Him to be head over everything,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ephesians 1:22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How vast\u2014how numerous\u2014how complicated are<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the various events and circumstances which attend<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the Christian here below, as he travels onward to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

his heavenly home!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if all things are put under Jesus\u2019 feet\u2014there<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cannot be a single circumstance over which He<\/p>\n\n\n\n

has not supreme control. Everything in providence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and everything in grace are alike subject to His<\/p>\n\n\n\n

disposal. There is not . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  a trial,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  a temptation,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  an affliction of body or soul,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  a loss,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  a cross,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  a painful bereavement,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  a vexation,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  a grief,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  a disappointment,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  a case, state or condition,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

which is not put under Jesus\u2019 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has sovereign, supreme disposal over all<\/p>\n\n\n\n

events and circumstances. As possessed of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

infinite knowledge He sees them\u2014as possessed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of infinite wisdom He can manage them\u2014and as<\/p>\n\n\n\n

possessed of infinite power He can dispose and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

direct them for our good and His own glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much trouble and anxiety would we save<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ourselves, could we firmly believe, realize, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

act on this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we could see by the eye of faith that . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  every foe and every fear,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  every difficulty and perplexity,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  every trying or painful circumstance,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  every looked-for or unlooked-for event,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  every source of care, whether at present or<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in prospect\u2014are all put under His feet\u2014at His<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sovereign disposal\u2014what a load of anxiety and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

care would be often taken off our shoulders!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sovereign, supreme disposal \u201cAnd God placed all things under His feet and  appointed Him to be head over everything,\u201d     Ephesians 1:22 How vast\u2014how numerous\u2014how complicated are the various events and circumstances which attend the Christian here below, as he travels onward to his heavenly home! But if all things are put under Jesus\u2019 feet\u2014there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gods-attributes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5979,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions\/5979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}