Day 40: Circumstance Doesn't Reign

Sometimes I look around this world and all I see is sickness, abuse, abandonment, cruelty, sadness, cancer, crying, anger, hopelessness and hurt. In the midst of pain it’s hard to see outside of it as though you will drown because it’s taking you over. The world hurts, life hurts and bad things happen to the most undeserving people. This reality sometimes shocks us at our very core and many people leave hopeless.

During church yesterday we sang a song and the words went like this:

So rejoice be glad rejoice O my soul

For the Lord your God

He reigns forever more

I rejoice cause My God Reigns

My God reigns and I dance the dance of praise

My God reigns with a shout I will proclaim

My God reigns and I worship without shame

My God reigns and I will rejoice for my God reigns.

I was caught up in this song as I thought of the horrible things of this life that long to reign over us. I thought about the times in my life where I waited for the outcome of some horrible circumstance to see if I would survive this one. I have given reign to my circumstances one too many times and today I’m glad because my God reigns. He reigns over sickness, abuse, abandonment, cruelty, sadness, cancer, crying, anger, hopelessness and hurt. He reigns over hard days, and long days. He reigns over bad days and good days. He heals the sick, redeems the broken, sets the captives free and restores hope. He is God, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, the beginning and the end, the Great I AM and He is the King that reigns over my life and my circumstance.

Today I’m grateful I have for my King and I rejoice for my God reigns!