In reflection I am drawn to hear the voice and words of my Pastor, Dr. James Brown Sr. singing his favorite song, I Know Who Holds Tomorrow.
This song is loaded with Theology. It declares the Sovereignty and Providence of God. It Also declares the Trust and Confidence of the Believer in God for his Well being.
A. W. Tozer speaking on the Sufficiency of God, declared.
Since He is the Being supreme over all, it follows that God cannot be elevated. Nothing is above Him, nothing beyond Him. Any motion in His direction is elevation for the creature; away from Him, descent. He holds His position out of Himself and by leave of none. As no one can promote Him, so no one can degrade Him.
It is written that He upholds all things by the word of His power. How can He be raised or supported by the things He upholds?
Were all human beings suddenly to become blind, still the sun would shine by day and the stars by night, for these owe nothing to the millions who benefit from their light. So, were every man on earth to become atheist, it could not affect God in any way. He is what He is in Himself without regard to any other. To believe in Him adds nothing to His perfections; to doubt Him takes nothing away.
Twentieth century Christianity has put God on charity. So lofty is our opinion of ourselves that we find it quite easy, not to say enjoyable, to believe that we are necessary to God. But the truth is that God is not greater for our being, nor would He be less if we did not exist. That we do exist is altogether of God’s free determination, not by our desert nor by divine necessity.
Probably the hardest thought of all for our natural egotism to entertain is that God does not need our help. We commonly represent Him as a busy, eager, somewhat frustrated Father hurrying about seeking help to carry out His benevolent plan to bring peace and salvation to the world, but, as said the Lady Julian, “I saw truly that God doeth all-thing, be it never so little.” The God who worketh all things surely needs no help and no helpers.
This is the God My Pastor was singing about. It is clear to me why he couldn’t contain himself when he sang.
His hope was in a Sovereign God who works all things by the counsel of His own Will. Eph. 1:11
He knew he couldn’t control life, but he didn’t have to. He had a God who was controlling everything, including himself.
He knew Trials, Troubles and Tribulations were all UNDER Divine Control. Even the devil is under Divine Control.
He knew the God he was singing about was working all things together for his good because he loved the Lord and was the called, according to His purpose. Rom. 8:28
And he knew those whom God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. Rom. 8:29
These God Promises are to All His Children, He will never leave us or forsake us.
5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
6 So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” – Hebrews 13:5-6
Therefore, All True Believers can Sing with Great JOY! I don’t Know About Tomorrow, but I Know WHO Holds Tomorrow!
If (Since) God is for us, who (OR What) can be against us? He (God) who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure (fully persuaded, convinced) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. 8:31-39
What A Blessing to Live in Recognition of the Sovereignty and Providence of God!