Today, we are in Psalm 92, a song that beautifully displays the sovereign rule of God. Please join me in reading Psalm 92, entitled How Great Are Your Works:

1 It is good to give thanks to the Lord,

    to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning,

    and your faithfulness by night,

3 to the music of the lute and the harp,

    to the melody of the lyre.

4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;

    at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

5 How great are your works, O Lord!

    Your thoughts are very deep!

6 The stupid man cannot know;

    the fool cannot understand this:

7 that though the wicked sprout like grass

    and all evildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction forever;

8     but you, O Lord, are on high forever.

9 For behold, your enemies, O Lord,

    for behold, your enemies shall perish;

    all evildoers shall be scattered.

10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;

    you have poured over me fresh oil.

11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;

    my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree

    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;

    they flourish in the courts of our God.

14 They still bear fruit in old age;

    they are ever full of sap and green,

15 to declare that the Lord is upright;

    he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

This psalm reminds us that no matter what happens, we can fully trust in our God. He is our rock and our safety. When the sheep are attacking, when the storms are raging, when the flock is scattering… in every circumstance, He is sovereign.  

Be encouraged, shepherd pastor or parent or CEO or supervisor or shepherd partner or volunteer or friend, we serve the living God of the universe, and He is sovereign.