God Is in Total Control

On Satan God sets limits

That Satan cannot break,

Satan is not the Almighty God

Hence, such restrictions he hates.

God will not allow on us

Above what we are able to bear,

Thus, when Satan comes a tempting

Him we ought not to fear.

Satan makes a proposition

But God inserts an imposition,

Satan can go thus far and no further

For God, he’s no opposition.

 

Yes, he accuses the brethren

But that is as much as he can do,

Unless God gives him the permission

He is like a discarded old shoe.

Take Job for an example

God was always in control,

This you would see very clearly

As you watch that narrative unfold.

Satan is never ahead,

He is always playing catch-up

But because we are not privy to the discourse

We seldom consider as much.

Satan is not really about us

He wants to discredit God,

He knows that God has made some promises

And he wants Him to look like a fraud.

That’s why he says to us, “Look,

Those promises God cannot keep.”

But God assures us in His Book,

In Him we can peacefully sleep.

God does not tempt us, He doesn’t,

But he allows Satan to do so

And through the temptations we experience,

God’s mercies always show.

He goes with us in the flood

And in the heat of the fire He’s there,

God is in total control, my brother, my sister,

And it is all because God cares.

Satan is plugged into God

It’s from God he gets his power,

He may pretend to be a roaring lion

But not one of God’s lambs can he devour.

He could not touch Noah in the Ark

Or the Hebrew boys in the fire,

Daniel was safe in the lion’s den

When God showed Satan to be a liar.

 

God is in control I assure you:

In our lion’s den, fire and flood,

And when it becomes too much for us

He will pull Satan’s plug.

So, cheer up my brother, my sister,

Whenever you feel forsaken,

When it appears God’s not in control,

It is Satan’s kingdom being shaken.

Stewart Russell © March 2020