GOD IS OUR LORD AND KING. That Lord is your Saviour. He wears your nature, He knows you well. He loves you more than a mother does her firstborn. He keeps your welfare in view in all He does, and in all He permits. He reigns supreme: thrones and dominions, principalities and powers, are subject to Him. In His government He equally displays His wisdom and power, His justice and mercy, His sovereignty and grace. He reigns to advance the interests of the holiness, happiness and endless welfare of His people. He reigns over His enemies, and frustrates their designs, using their energies for the accomplishment of His purposes. He rules in as well as over His friends. Thus He preserves them from evils, orders their affairs, and fulfils His word. "The Lord reigneth." Think of this whenever Satan besets and harasses you; when sin rises within you, perplexing and distressing you; when providence frowns on you, spoiling your plans, trying your faith. When you have fightings without and fears within, when enemies oppose you or sickness lays you low, and death stares you in the face, remember: "The Lord reigneth." In this find comfort and assurance.

For Meditation:
The Lord is King! lift up your voice,
O earth, and all ye heav'ns, rejoice!
From world to world the joy shall ring,
"The Lord omnipotent is King!"
He reigns! ye saints, exalt your strains;
Your God is King, your Father reigns;
And He is at the Father's side,
The Man of love, the crucified.