Always Reigning

“Thy throne [is] established of old: thou [art] from everlasting.” (Ps 93:2 AV)

It is easy to forget this.  There is never a time when the LORD does not reign.  He allows things to happen that may bring this truth under further investigation.  But that does not change the truth itself.  God reigns.  He always has.  His authority and power are eternal.  Although the psalmist speaks only of the past and present, the eternality of His throne and power continues unabated to the future.  Knowing that an unbroken line of God’s sovereignty extends infinitely into the past sure makes it silly to doubt it in the past.  There were far greater forces than mere human influence that challenged God’s sovereignty.  To think that the events of the present have broken God’s control over the present is irrational.  To think that the unforeseen events of the present have somehow interrupted the sovereignty of God flies in the face of the truth above.  Just because we cannot see it does not mean God has lost control.  As He has always been, so shall He ever be.

To further support the assertion that the LORD has been, and always will be, in control is the present tense ‘is’ regarding a past tense action.  The establishing of the throne of God eternally past tense.  Yet the establishing of it is said in the present tense.  This suggests a continuing action with end.  We would normally say ‘was’.  We would normally say his throne was established of old.  If that were true, then before the ‘was’ happened, it wasn’t.  If His throne was established, then there was a time when it wasn’t.  But if His throne is established, and it always was or is, then there is not ‘was’.  The line of His throne is unbroken.  By using the little word ‘is’, the truth of God’s eternal sovereignty is declared.  It is declared without rebuttal.  God eternally sovereign.  ‘Was’ does not fit into the idea of eternally past tense.  It cannot.  If ‘was’ is from the past, it cannot be eternal.

What does this all mean?  It means that when we doubt that God is in control, our doubt does not break the eternal sovereignty of God.  Events may seem like they are out of control.  But they are not.  God is on His throne.  He always has been and He always will be.  Our doubts cannot change that.  The problem is trusting in His sovereignty when we cannot see it.  Like a submarine patrolling the waters of our nation, we cannot see them.  We know they exist.  We cannot see the work they do in the hidden parts of the deep.  They are there.  How do we know?  Because we are still a sovereign nation.  How do we know that God is on His throne and fully in charge?  Good question.  This insight only comes from reading the word of God, prayer, and meditation.  Examining what we see against the nature of God revealed in His word illuminates our understanding of His sovereignty.  There is no ‘King of the Mountain’ with God.  No challenger could approach the LORD unless He allowed it.  There is no throwing God off the mountain.  Satan tried it, and it cost him eternity.  God cannot be moved.  Why?  Because He was always there and remains.  God is in control whether we see it or not.