The word sovereign is used in English to describe a king or ruler, and in Christian doctrine it is used to describe the absolute power and authority that God exercises over His creation (2 Chronicles 20:6, Psalm 103:19). God’s sovereignty means that nothing in creation, past, present or future, happens outside His control - He rules over it all. An understanding of God’s sovereignty gives great security to the Christian: even when things feel out of control to us, we know that the Sovereign Lord ’works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will’ (Ephesians 1:11).
