A verse for 10/29/12

1Sa 2:6  The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

1Sa 2:7  The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.

1Sa 2:8  He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and on them he has set the world.

It is common place to put man’s will over God. Let me give you an example.

There is an old song that has this line in it; 

“you met me day by day and you knew I was a stray, yet you never mentioned Him to me.”

The thought goes that the one in the song was dead and in hell because the other had failed to pray for and tell him about the cross.

That is to say that God has ordained that human destinies may be changed and molded by the will of man. But that is absolutely untrue! Human destiny is settled not by the will of man, but by the will of God.

God is God and He is sovereign!