Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse
39. See now that I myself am he. There is no God besides me. I
put to death and I bring to life. I have wounded and I will heal
and no one can deliver out of my hand. God's mode of dealing is often
wrapped in mystery. We fail to understand why one
is elevated to the highest rank, while others seem to waste their
days in poverty and obscurity. But no doubts should arise. It
should be firmly fixed in our persuasions that in all these
matters, God's hand prevails. The Lord brings death and makes
alive. He brings down to the grave and
raises up. The Lord sends poverty and wealth. He humbles and He exalts. 1 Samuel 2, verse 6 and 7. In the same way, afflictions,
sorrows, and trials are all appointed by the same unerring wisdom. God's hand holds a cup which
is mixed in accordance with his sovereign and righteous will.
According to his good pleasure, he causes all men to drink from
it. But what will be the portion
of the wicked? It is God alone who judges, for
the Lord holds a cup in his hand. It is full of foaming wine mixed
with spices, He pours the wine out in judgment and all the wicked
must drink it, draining it to the dregs. Psalm 75 verses 7
and 8. Let the unsaved tremble. They
are forewarned that they must drink God's cup to the dregs.
Indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish forever.