The days in which we live, like many times before us, are filled with chaos, conflict, and confusion. We are tempted to think that things are out of control, but as Christians we know better than that. We have access to a peace that passes understanding, because we belong to a Savior who passes understanding! The troubles around us are real and dangerous, from radical political philosophies to immoral behavior to brutal wars. But we understand that sin has produced all this and more, and that there is both an ultimate solution and an immediate source of comfort, both of which enable us to rejoice in the midst of all this.
That attitude of worship has always been one of the great qualities of a deep faith in the Bible and in the God of the Bible. He not only has a wonderful plan for His creation and His redeemed children. He has promised to sustain us as He works all things according to the design of His will (Ephesians 1:11). And so we can continually live before Him with songs of praise in our hearts and on our lips. The theology that underlies that is that God is sovereign as He sits on His throne, ordaining all that take place in His world. It’s not that we shut our eyes to what we see or ignore the reports that we see on the news. It’s that we’re secure in the confidence that God is in control and that He has proven that we can trust Him. As William Cowper wrote in his hymn, “God Moves in a Mysterious Way,” “He plants His footsteps on the sea and rides upon the storm.”