Pro 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
PROVIDENCE: “God’s works of providence are, His most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all His creatures, and all their actions” (Westminster Shorter Catechism, question #11) If creation was a unique exercise of divine energy causing the world to be, providence is a continued exercise of the same energy. By it the Creator, according to His own will, keeps all creatures in being, involves Himself in all events, and directs all things to their appointed end. God is completely in charge of His world. His hand may be hidden, but his perfect rule extends to all things.
It is sometimes supposed that God knows the future but does not control it; that He upholds the world, but does not intervene in it; or that He gives general direction, but is not concerned with details. The Bible emphatically rules out all such limitations of His providence. (note on providence; Reformation Study Bible)
The Bible clearly teaches God’s providential control, and this month we will look at that.
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