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b'God is sovereign. The word sovereign simply means that He is the Supreme Ruler, the One who has ultimate power. God has the final say in everything!\\nWow! I never liked that idea! That is, until I learned that the Bible says God is not only in charge but is also the very definition of love (1 John 4:8). That\\u2019s really good news: God can only do loving things!\\nBecause God is sovereign and we are not, He often does things that don\\u2019t make sense to us. That is what Isaiah 55:9 means when it says, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153my ways are higher than your ways.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d God is such a great and awesome God that the reasons behind His actions\\u2014while always good\\u2014will often be \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153unsearchable\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d to us as created beings (Romans 11:33).\\nWhen the Bible says God\\u2019s thoughts are higher than ours, it means His thoughts are much wiser than ours. He thinks differently and knows things we can\\u2019t possibly know. And you know what? That is okay!\\nWe can know for sure that God is love and that everything God does is done in love. God became a human to show His love for us and so that we might have a relationship with Him through faith (John 1:1-14; Hebrews 1:1-3). Because of His love, we can choose to trust Him even when we don\\u2019t understand what He is doing.\\nEven when the world is falling apart, God tells us to stand on the truth: God is both loving and sovereign, and when He rules, He rules in love! \\u2022 Sharon J. Morris\\n\\u2022 How do you feel about God being sovereign? \\n\\u2022 How can remembering God\\u2019s love help us trust Him as the Supreme Ruler? \\n\\u2022 In Christ, why can we talk to the Supreme Ruler about anything (Hebrews 4:14-16)? \\nLove consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:10 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nRevelation 7:9; 21:1-5'