Defined: Sovereignty means Ruler. In regards to God it is the perfection whereby He is the absolute and free ruler of His creation.
Verses for meditation:
Deuteronomy 10:14, 17 14 The heavens –
indeed the highest heavens – belong to the Lord
your God, as does the earth and everything in it…. 17
For the Lord
your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and
awesome God …
1 Chronicles 29:11-12 11 O
Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent,
glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion
and exalt yourself as the ruler of all. 12
You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule
over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to
all.
Nehemiah 9:6 You alone are the
LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest
heavens, along with all their multitude of stars, the earth and all that
is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all,
and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
Psalm 22:28 For the Lord
is king and rules over the nations.
Psalm 47:2-3, 7-8 2 For the sovereign
Lord is awe-inspiring; he is the great
king who rules the whole earth! 3
He subdued nations beneath us and countries under our feet…7
For God is king of the whole earth! Sing a
well-written song! 8 God reigns
over the nations! God sits on his holy throne!
Psalm 115:3 Our God is in heaven! He
does whatever he pleases!
Jeremiah 27:5 “I made the earth and the
people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I
give it to whomever I see fit.
Acts 17:24-26 24 The God who made the
world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not
live in temples made by human hands, 25
nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed
anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to
everyone. 26 From one man he
made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth,
determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where
they would live,
Revelation 17:17 For God has put into
their minds to carry out his purpose by making a decision to give their
royal power to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled.
Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
Isaiah 10:15 Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!
Isaiah 45:9 One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, “What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”
Romans 9:15-18 15 For he says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy. 17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh: “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
Romans 9:20-21 20 But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
1 Corinthians 12:11 It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.
Revelation 4:11 “You are
worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since
you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were
created!”
Genesis 1:26-28 26 Then God said, “Let
us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule
over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”
27 God created humankind in his
own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he
created them. 28 God blessed
them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and
subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and
every creature that moves on the ground.”
Daniel 4:35 All
the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he
wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No
one slaps his hand and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
Jeremiah 32:17 ‘Oh, Lord
God, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mighty
power and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you!
Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came up and
said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to
me.
Ephesians 1:22 And God put all things
under Christ’s feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all
things.
Isaiah 14:24 24 The Lord
who commands armies makes this solemn vow: “Be sure of this: Just as I
have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen...
27 Indeed, the
Lord who commands armies has a plan, and who can
possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly
stop it?
Isaiah 46:9-11 9 Remember what I
accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and
there is none like me, 10 who
announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not
yet occurred, who says, ‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish
what I desire,’ 11 who summons
an eagle from the east, from a distant land, one who carries out my
plan. Yes, I have decreed, yes, I will bring it to pass; I have
formulated a plan, yes, I will carry it out.
Job 42:2 “I know that you can do all
things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted;
Isaiah 55:11 In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.”
