Building a tabernacle of meeting: God is Sovereign over us

In the tabernacle of meeting we will KNOW, UNDERSTAND and EXPERIENCE God’s Sovereignty.  I am contemplating God’s Sovereignty with a most beautiful view of a Karoo sunrise and I am struggling to put my own words to it.  I am sure there are many scriptures that can be quoted, and I think Job 38-39 is probably one of those places in scripture where God Himself is speaking declaring His Glory and Sovereignty over all His creation.  It is too long to post, and I could not figure out what part of it to quote so if you want to just read those chapters in its entirety. However, another piece of scripture that in a similar way capture something of God’s Sovereignty for me is Psalm 104. Let us read and celebrate God’s Sovereignty today through this scripture.

Psalm 104 (AMPC)

¹ Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great! You are clothed with honour and majesty. ² [You are the One] Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain or a tent, ³ Who lays the beams of the upper room of His abode in the waters [above the firmament], Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, ⁴ Who makes winds His messengers, flames of fire His ministers. ⁵ You laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. ⁶ You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ At Your rebuke they fled; at the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. ⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which You appointed for them. ⁹ You have set a boundary [for the waters] which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to deluge the earth. ¹⁰ He sends forth springs into the valleys; their waters run among the mountains. ¹¹ They give drink to every [wild] beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst there. ¹² Beside them the birds of the heavens have their nests; they sing among the branches. ¹³ He waters the mountains from His upper rooms; the earth is satisfied and abounds with the fruit of His works. ¹⁴ He causes vegetation to grow for the cattle, and all that the earth produces for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth. ¹⁵ And wine that gladdens the heart of man, to make his face shine more than oil, and bread to support, refresh, and strengthen man’s heart. ¹⁶ The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly and are filled with sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted, ¹⁷ Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies and badgers. ¹⁹ [The Lord] appointed the moon for the seasons; the sun knows [the exact time of] its setting.  ²⁰ You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night, in which creeps forth every wild beast of the forest. ²¹ The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. ²² When the sun arises, they withdraw themselves and lie down in their dens. ²³ Man goes forth to his work and remains at his task until evening. ²⁴ O Lord, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures. ²⁵ Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are swarms of innumerable creeping things, creatures both small and great. ²⁶ There go the ships of the sea, and Leviathan (the sea monster), which You have formed to sport in it. ²⁷ These all wait and are dependent upon You, that You may give them their food in due season. ²⁸ When You give it to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, and they are filled with good things.  ²⁹ When You hide Your face, they are troubled and dismayed; when You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.  ³⁰ When You send forth Your Spirit and give them breath, they are created, and You replenish the face of the ground.  ³¹ May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works. ³² Who looks on the earth, and it quakes and trembles, Who touches the mountains, and they smoke! ³³ I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. ³⁴ May my meditation be sweet to Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the Lord. ³⁵ Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Sovereign over us

 MW Smith