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Sovereign Savior The Bible
says, “Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,
of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in
Egypt: And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites,
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. And they
shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto
him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness,
that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he
will let you go. And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye
go, ye shall not go empty: But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels
of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye
shall spoil the Egyptians.” Exodus 3:16-22 (KJV) God is the supreme ruler of
everything. God created the world and all that is in it. He sustains the entire created order in existence. He guides the
affairs of human beings and nations. He providentially interacts with all that takes place. He works for the good of the world
and finally will bring all things to a satisfactory conclusion. Because He is God, He has the absolute right to work His will.
Sometimes sovereignty is misunderstood to mean that God forces His will on people and that we are not free to choose. That
is false. God’s sovereignty includes the free choices of human beings. What makes God’s sovereignty effective
is that His will it ultimately done; sometimes along with, sometimes in spite of, our free choices. Those whom God calls He will equip. he knows the ending before the beginning. We can trust Him completely! Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Exodus 1-3
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