Security in sovereignty

Joyce and I are grateful for a safe good trip to see family and friends during the post-Christmas week. As I have continued to read The Sovereignty of God by A.W. Pink I was most grateful that an accident was not in the plan for our life as we encountered some slippery roads on December 28 as we approached Des Moines. We had a very close call but were glad to avoid the collision. We were glad to visit both of our mothers and see most of our siblings. Now we are back in Holland doing Christmas clean-up.

Here is a quote from the above mentioned book which may strike a cord in your soul or connect to an experience in your life.

"God is infinite in power, and therefore it is impossible to withstand His will or resist the outworking of His decrees. Such a statement as that is well calculated to fill the sinner with alarm, but from the saint it evokes naught but praise.Let us add a word and see what a difference it makes: -- My God is infinite in power! then "I will not fear what man can do unto me." My God is infinite in power, then, "what time I am afraid I will trust in thee." My God is infinite in power, then, "I will both lay me down in peace and sleep for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety." (Psalm 4:8) Right down the ages this has been the source of the saints' confidence. Was not this the assurance of Moses when, in his parting words to Israel, he said "There is none like unto the God of Israel, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in His excellency on the sky. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms." (Deuteronomy 33:26-27)? Was it not this sense of security that caused the Psalmist moved by the Holy Spirit, to write "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God: in Him will I trust. Surely He shall deliver thee...thou shalt not be afraid..." (Psalm 91)
O the preciousness of this truth! Here I am, a poor, helpless, senseless sheep, yet am I secure in the hand of Christ. And why am I secure there? None can pluck me thence because the hand that holds me is that of the Son of God, and all power in heaven and earth is His!  Again; I have no strength of my own: the world, the flesh and the devil, are arrayed against me, so I commit myself into the care and keeping of the Lord and say with the apostle, "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." (II Timothy 1:12)

A longer quote than I anticipated but I pray it gives your soul encouragement, strength and hope.