A low view of God's sovereignty causes a sub-standard walk of faith

As I continue to meditate on ' the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints' (Jude 1:3), I am growing in the realization that when someone who considers themselves a believer, and who has a very low view or perspective of God's sovereignty, they also demonstrate a very sub-standard walk of faith.

In other words, it is my observation that when a person's belief in God is not big enough to contain the truth of God's utter and total sovereignty over all of life, seen and unseen, then that person does not live a life which demonstrates what the Scripture refers to as the 'walk by faith, not by sight' type of living (2 Cor 5:17).

This person's quality of 'walk' is characterized by the following points:

1. A viewpoint or world-view which is very 'this worldly', in that their paradigm of operating in the world is based on their senses. They do walk by what they see and not by faith.
2. They are constantly affected their circumstances, and especially by what they hear other people saying about the state of the world and the circumstances which interact with them.
3. God and His righteousness is the furthest factor from their thoughts, only to be considered when they are 'in church'.

However, when a person is truly 'born of the Spirit' (John 3:6), the realization comes through the mighty work of the Holy Spirit, the same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead, and who raised us up with Christ in our moment of being regenerated or born of the Spirit, that even our new birth in Christ is an utter and complete sovereign work of God. When built upon the foundation of that truth, that it is solely by the grace of God (Eph 2:8&9) that we are given the great gift of salvation in and through Christ alone, the glory of God's sovereignty becomes our very assurance 'that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus' (Phil 1:6). And in fact, 'it is God who is working in you, both to will and to do for His good pleasure' (Phil 2:13).

No wonder the apostle exclaimed, 'in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us' (Rom 8:37).

Attached is a very good article which explains how the sovereignty of God touches every aspect of our life. http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/illusion_bernecker.html

Happy reading!