Sovereignty
- Diane Cordaire
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 3 days ago

Sovereignty–Notice the word sovereignty has the word “reign” in it.
You will rule and reign with Christ” was never about hierarchy, dominance, or authority over others. It’s about restored order within the human being — Christ’s life fully expressed through a person.
Sovereignty, in that sense, is when:
The inner war has ended
The divided self is gathered into one
The will of God is not obeyed by effort, but lived by alignment
Then rulership is not asserted — it flows.
To rule is to have nothing inside that rules you .To reign is to remain in that state without strain.
That’s why Scripture places reigning after overcoming.
“To him who overcomes, I will grant to sit with Me on My throne…”
The throne is not a seat of power — it’s a place of rest where nothing is fractured.
This is also why sovereignty cannot be taught to a wounded soul or a forming child as command. Until safety is restored, rulership feels like threat. Only when Christ’s life has settled within does sovereignty feel like home.
What sovereignty is expressed as
Sovereignty is not reaction.Nothing inside is compelled.
Sovereignty is the end of coercion — both from without and within.
When sovereignty is present, obedience is no longer negotiated .It is natural.
Sovereignty and fear
Fear cannot rule where sovereignty is restored.Fear may still pass through, but it no longer governs.
Sovereignty does not remove weakness —it removes domination.
Sovereignty and presence
Sovereignty is quiet. It does not announce itself.
It is known by steadiness, not assertion.
Sovereignty and responsibility
Sovereignty carries responsibility without burden.What is given is carried without strain.
Nothing is taken on to prove worth.
Sovereignty and love
Sovereignty does not control others .It creates space where others may come into order.
Love flows freely where sovereignty is settled.
Sovereignty and timing
Sovereignty cannot be rushed. It arrives when resistance has ended.
It is recognised, not achieved.




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