O Father, You are Sovereign

In this life, there is a lot to be anxious about.  There's a lot that can make us worry or make us fear.  We fear for our safety.  We fear for our reputation.  We fear for our salvation.  Philippians 4:6 tells us not to be anxious about anything, but to go to God with it in prayer.  There is a reason why it is to God that we go with our anxiety: it is because He is sovereign.  He is in control of everything that happens.  Nothing happens that He does not have God's stamp on it.  He is in control.  Everything that happens will be for our good.  This is a great comfort to me--to know that God is in control.  He is in control of creation, as the first verse talks about.  He is in control of people, as the second verse points out.  He is in control of our circumstances, and He will reward us for our striving to please Him, as the third verse points out.  So, we put our trust in Him, for He is in control.  I hope this is a great comfort to you.

O Father, You are sovereign
In all the worlds You made;
Your mighty Word was spoken,
And light and life obeyed.
Your voice commands the seasons
And bounds the ocean’s shore,
Sets stars within their courses
And stills the tempests’ roar.

O Father, You are sovereign
In all affairs of man;
No powers of death or darkness
Can thwart Your perfect plan.
All chance and change transcending,
Supreme in time and space,
You hold your trusting children
Secure in Your embrace.

O Father, You are sovereign
The Lord of human pain,
Transmuting earthly sorrows
To gold of heavenly gain,
All evil overruling,
As none but Conqueror could,
Your love pursues its purpose--
Our souls’ eternal good.

O Father, You are sovereign!
We see You dimly now,
But soon before Your triumph
Earth’s every knee shall bow.
With this glad hope before us
Our faith springs forth anew:
Our Sovereign Lord and Savior,
We trust and worship You!