If God were good, but unable to execute his goodness, what good would his goodness be?

If God were wise, knew the best plan, but was unable to execute on his wisdom, what good would his wisdom be?

And so we find there that God's sovereignty is so critical for any of his other attributes to have any value.

If God is sovereign over nations, if he's sovereign over nature, if he's

sovereign over time, if he's sovereign over suffering, if he's sovereign over Satan and evil,

then you can know for sure that God is sovereign over your life.

All right, well, welcome back to another episode of the Dial-in podcast.

I'm Hank Bowen sitting here with Johnny Artivance.

Johnny, how are you doing this afternoon?

Doing well, man.

Thanks for being here.

You know, one of the things that we were talking about before we pressed play on this,

is that in this episode we're going to talk about the sovereignty of God.

It's a big subject, but it's worth our examination.

In the book that I wrote, Consider the Lilies, this was the hardest chapter to write, the longest chapter.

And it's probably the most important theme that really anybody can understand that's walking through difficulty or pain or suffering or sorrow is the reality that God is sovereign. Now, you grew up in the church, maybe just from like your perspective, when

you're in the church growing up or even at this moment, like what would be your initial conception

of the sovereignty of God? His power over all things or maybe all areas of dominion.

Yeah, and I think that would be general, your idea about God's sovereignty.

Most people would have some sort of an idea that God's in control.

But I want to jump into that topic today because it's replete throughout the scripture.

One of the stories I start with in the book is the story of John Bunyan.

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