The very air waves that Satan uses to deceive are under the complete divine sovereignty of the Lord. The schemes of the enemy are nothing but mere pawns in the hands of the Almighty. Satan needs permission to act because he is not the master of his own fate, but rather a mere puppet in the grand scheme of things.

The flesh may revile at the thought of God’s complete authority, but it is a truth that cannot be denied. God is the Lord of life and death, and everything in between. He owns the very air we breathe and is sovereign over everything in the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 45:7 tells us that God is the one who creates light and darkness, well-being and calamity. He doesn’t just allow these things to happen, but rather creates them himself. He is wise and brings forth disaster, and never retracts his words.

Psalm 33:10,11 proves that people may believe in their own free will, but their plans are immediately nullified by the only one with true free will – the sovereign God. He has ordained beforehand the actions of men and planned every outcome, paving every step and calculating every second, whether physical or spiritual.

God gave authority to Pilate to judge the Son and raised up adversaries against his chosen ones. He ordained the actions of evil men, but he is not the author of sin. Rather, he has ordained evil through secondary causes so that his divine purposes may prevail and glorify his name.

In short, Satan may think he’s in control, but he’s just a pawn in the hands of the Almighty. And if that doesn’t make you chuckle, then perhaps you need to lighten up and trust in the sovereignty of God.