Romans 9:9-18, God will show mercy on whoever He wants

Do you know what the great thing about owning your own home is? You can do what you want to with it. If you want to paint a room or redecorate you can do it any time you want. If you want to knock a wall down and make a room larger you can do it any time you want. If you want to add onto your home a new addition you just must plan it out and make it happen. Why? Because it is yours and you can do what you want to do with your property. In verses 9 through 18, Paul gives us some insight into the fact that world belongs to God and God can do what He wants with what belongs to Him. Verse 15, reveals what God spoke to Moses in Exodus 33:19. It says, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

Psalm 24:1 tells us that the earth is the Lord’s and everything and everyone that dwells in it belongs to him. Shouldn’t we expect God to be able to do whatever He wants to with what belongs to Him. The problem is that our minds view things skewed through the lens of democracy. We feel like we should have a say in what is going on, share our opinion and cast our vote on what is going to happen. This is true in our nation, but this is not true in a kingdom. A kingdom is ruled by a king who has all power and all authority in what is done within their kingdom. God doesn’t need our vote or opinion to make moves upon the face of this earth yet for some odd reason He accepts them in the form of our prayers. Our right standing with Jesus Christ gives us access to the very ear of God, something we shouldn’t take lightly. Yet we still come before Him with understanding that He is sovereign and has the power and authority to do what He sees fit with is possessions.