The Alpha of Sovereignty

UV 3168/10000 The Alpha of Sovereignty
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Exodus 9 v 16
This uni-verse has a corresponding truth expressed in Romans 9 v 16: “So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.” The Lord has let us live, He has raised up of His own sovereign will. It is His choice that we are chosen. It is His choice that we have received mercy in Christ. It is not something that we could have wished or willed on our own. This implies that the purpose of our lives is to declare the greatness of the Lord, the love of God, His faithfulness, His mercy and grace in verbal and non verbal ways throughout the world, wherever the Lord takes us.
When we do well like Abel in our relationship with the Lord, our sacrifices of praise and worship are acceptable to the Lord. His favour is upon us. We are to manifest His greatness in our lives, our work, our words, our relationships. To illustrate with the structure of an umbrella. Our relationship with the Lord is like the central shaft of the umbrella while the many spokes that connect with the central shaft are our other relationships. Neither our connection with the central shaft or with the spokes should be broken at any time. The canopy of the umbrella is the agape love of God demonstrated in Christ. Jesus is the central piece, the focus and fulcrum of the universal and sovereign will of God that connects us with the Lord and with each other. The name of Jesus has power in it to hold us up. The word of God has power to hold us up. The Holy Spirit has power to hold us up. He breaks the chains of dead habits. He breaks the power of our mortal and spiritual enemies to oppress us.
We have not chosen the Lord but He has chosen and called us even as Jesus called the apostles, one by one and they did not find or choose Him. Our role and response lies in cooperating or obeying His sovereign choice. Now that He has chosen us, no one or no force on earth can thwart His sovereign will to see His pleasure fulfilled in our lives. The Lord’s will operates whether we cooperate or not but when we do cooperate, we are connected to the sovereign will of God. We become mouthpieces of the greatness of the Lord, prisms to break the white light of His glorious presence into myriad colours of the rainbow in the various domains of our daily lives. Since He has raised us up, He will not let us down. He will not let us fail. He will not let us fall. He upholds us in a variety of ways. He freely makes available to us His power to fulfil the very purpose of our lives.