IF I RULED THE WORLD

“Our God is in Heaven; He does whatever pleases Him” (Psalm 115:3, NIV).

Wouldn’t you love to rule the world for just one day?  Some time ago, my husband and I were discussing a current event at the dinner table and I proclaimed, “If I ruled the world, this is the way it would be done!”  I sometimes get frustrated by the many injustices in our world today and peoples’ stupidity, including my own sometimes.  So, if God decided to take a break and I was able to rule the world for just one day, below are some of the changes that would occur.

If I ruled the world, people of all nationalities would truly care about one another; there would be no more sickness or pain and every illness would have a cure; husbands would communicate better and surprise their wives more often; our society would not be so busy and self serving, and people would take more time to fellowship with one another; gas prices would stay down; spring would be all year long except for a few snow days; there would be no more sadness, poverty or hunger in the world and Jesus Christ would return today. 

However, aren’t you glad that none of us rule the world, but God does?  We should be very grateful for a God who is completely Sovereign (rules over all); omnipotent (all powerful); immutable (unchanging); omniscient (all knowing); omnipresent (everywhere at once), and who never sleeps (Ps. 121:3-4).  God is accomplishing His perfect plan and purpose through everything that happens in our world.  He is also in control of the minutest details of our lives.  He has every hair of our heads numbered (Matt. 10:29-31). Trusting God to lead us safely through the desert of chronic illness and pain is very difficult at times as we can experience much fear and anxiety, but we serve a God who promises to never leave us nor forsake us (Heb. 13:5) and to walk with us even through the valley of the shadow of death (Ps. 23:4). He is worthy of our complete trust.  On second thought, I’m glad that Yahweh rules the world today!

Dear Jesus, we praise You for Your absolute Sovereignty!