GOD ALMIGHTY IN CONTROL: WILL YOU SURRENDER TO HIM? - Rev Joseph Aliyu (Sunday - 12 February, 2023)

God has told us that He has plans to prosper and not to harm us, to give us a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11). He took control of our salvation by sending Jesus, who has called us to Himself. (Ephesians 4:1). God can defeat our enemies with sound (Joshua and the walls of Jericho in Joshua 6:15-16), light (Gideon against the Midianites in Judges 7:8-20), and water (Pharaoh’s army at the Red Sea in Exodus). God controls Satan as well. Yet, even when we know these things, we sometimes want to take control and try to make our lives easier. Paul wrote that “the mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.” (Romans 8:7) Hostility and fear make peace and joy impossible. As he faced many enemies, aware that his life could end at the tip of a sword at any time, David refused to let fear steal his joy: “I will sing and make music to the Lord.” Psalm 27:6 (27:1-6). John 10:28b (10:24-28)