Something I Read

"Who is regulating affairs on this earth today--God, or the Devil?  What saith the Scriptures?  If we believe their plain and positive declarations, no room is left for uncertainty.  They affirm, again and again, that God is on the throne of the universe; that the sceptre is in His hands; that He is directing all things 'after the counsel of His own will.'  They affirm, not only that God created all things, but also that God is ruling and reigning over all the works of His hands.  They affirm that God is the 'Almighty,' that His will is irreversible, that He is absolute Sovereign in every realm of all His vast dominions.  And surely it must be so.  Only two alternatives are possible:  God must either rule, or be ruled; sway, or be swayed; accomplish His own will, or be thwarted by His creatures.  Accepting the fact that He is the 'Most High,' the only Potentate and King of kings, vested with perfect wisdom and illimitable power, and the conclusion is irresistible that He must be God in fact as well as in name."

- A.W. Pink, The Sovereignty of God