Date: Feb. 2, 2024
Question
What is God’s providence?
Answer
God's providence is His completely holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing every creature and every action.
Reference Passages
The LORD is righteous in all his ways
and kind in all his works.
O LORD, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
This also comes from the LORD of hosts;
he is wonderful in counsel
and excellent in wisdom.
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
“You are the LORD, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.
19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
your judgments are like the great deep;
man and beast you save, O LORD.
The LORD has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.
The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the LORD.
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
