God’s sovereignty rules over everything in creation; every tiny part of existence testifies that He is eternally glorified as He continuously unfolds His divine plan, from the very beginning of time all the way to its ultimate fulfillment. The greatest joy we can experience in this life is found in aligning ourselves with His divine purpose—specifically, in the work He does within us to give us the desire and ability to act according to His perfect will. Truly, God is entirely capable of accomplishing all things; we, on the other hand, are completely helpless without Him. We constantly live in His presence—an eternal, all-knowing, compassionate, and loving Creator—who sustains everything by the power of His spoken word. Because He embodies all these perfect qualities and remains unchanging, He is always accessible to us. When we come to Him with humility—recognizing His greatness and acknowledging our desperate need for His strength—every act of praise and worship becomes pleasing to Him. Our experiences of both joy and sorrow do not lessen our ability to worship; instead, they deepen our fellowship with Him. There is no limit to the joy we find in Him, as we take everlasting delight in His love, which fulfills our deepest longings. True rest can only be discovered in Him and in Him alone. If it were within His will, sin could be eradicated, and the pain and guilt that come with it would vanish instantly. However, sin blinds us from seeing His radiant glory and the endless joy that flows from His presence. This blindness exposes our limited imagination—how we diminish His glory by failing to magnify and exalt Him as He truly deserves. Any efforts we make to glorify Him independently of His worthiness are really just attempts to shape Him into what we prefer Him to be. But God is never surprised by our sins or by our small-minded ideas of Him, nor by our weak faith in His goodness. Who are we to think we can truly represent Him before others, or to imagine His favor depends on our righteousness? We cannot do any good thing without His divine help. We live before a God who, despite our failures, regards us favorably—by His grace, not because of our merit.
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