Psalm 96:10 ” Say among the nations, ‘The Lord reigns.’ The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved…”

God’s activity in creating and ruling the world is seen throughout the Psalms.  “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. (Psalm 24:1-2)  “The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad.” (Psalm 97:1)  “The Lord reigns, He is robed in majesty.” (Psalm 93:1)  The bottom line is…throughout this pandemic, you may think God has been absent, indifferent, or turning a blind eye to all the death and suffering…but He hasn’t.  God’s sovereign authority is still operating on our behalf and for our good.  For “the Lord works out everything for His own ends.” (Proverbs 16:4)  But how and why is He doing this?  As the Lord told Moses in Exodus 9:16, “for the purpose that I may show you My power and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”  So one thing we can be certain of today… is that God is still in control and ruling with grace and mercy.