The sovereignty and the omnipotency of God are unquestionable, which means He can do anything He wants to do. And honestly, that’s where the issue starts for a lot of us — myself included sometimes. If God is sovereign and so powerful, why is there so much chaos in the world we’re living in right now? Why are there a lot of things we want Him to do but are not done? Some people won’t ask that question out loud. Others ask it in anger. But one thing I’ve learned is that God doesn’t mind us asking. He’s not afraid of our questions. It’s human beings who think raising questions is an affront to authority. God Himself invites us to reason with Him.

What strikes me is how easily we look at God’s sovereignty and get bitter. We feel let down. But there’s something I learned recently that shifted my perspective: when God introduced Himself to Moses before sending him to the children of Israel, He said, “I am that I am.” (Exodus 3:14)

I find that phrase fascinating because it feels incomplete. It makes you want to ask, “Then who are you?”, which brings us back to the beginning, and the same answer would only continue the cycle. It’s almost like God left space for the Israelites to complete it. They would experience God as what they needed Him to be. God Himself, of course, will always be who He is, but on this side of eternity, the manifestations of God in our lives are more about us than we realise.

The Bible says the heavens belong to God, but the earth He’s given to the sons of men. Which means the way we experience God’s presence and power is tied to the degree we give ourselves to Him and allow Him in.

Here’s how that plays out: when we say “God is” and fill in the gap, God will be that to us. Someone who needs healing can know God as a healer, and to them He is “I am a healer.” Someone who needs provision can know God as a provider, and to them He is “I am a provider.” The nature of God is constant without any variableness, but how we experience Him changes, and that comes with our knowledge of what He’s even capable of in the first place.

Another limitation is that we often want God to be who we want Him to be, not necessarily who God is. Imagine placing a demand on the manifestation of God that isn’t in His will, His nature, His character, and then carrying around disappointment that God didn’t answer or failed you. But we’re the ones who didn’t place the right demand. We expected a manifestation that was completely misaligned with the person of God.

The flip side is just as problematic: when we don’t know enough to realise God can do certain things, we only ask Him for what we already understand. We only place demands on the manifestations of God we’ve heard about, which means there’s a whole lot left to learn.

Here is a challenge: Let us seek to increase our knowledge of God. To grow and get to know who He is, to understand the diverse manifestations of His power and His person. That way, we can place an accurate demand on His manifestation rather than putting our faith in what doesn’t represent Him or limiting our faith to only what sounds believable to us.

Faith comes by hearing, and that hearing is centred around the knowledge of God’s power, God’s will, and God’s character.

I’m challenging us today to grow in understanding God, to know what He’s doing on earth, and to plug ourselves in alignment with His will.

Till later,

AB