Thoughts on the PROVIDENCE OF GOD

The providence of God is not spoken of much in these modern times. However, it is still as active as ever. The providence of God is the outworking of His sovereignty in which He overrules in the affairs of men. Grudem defines it as follows:

God’s is continually involved with all created things in such a way that he (1) keeps them existing and maintaining the properties with which he created them; (2) cooperates with created things in every action directing their distinctive properties to cause them to act as they do; and (3) directs them to fulfill his purposes.[1]

Providence works mostly behind the scenes. It is the unseen hand of God that is working out His purpose in history and individuals. He rules and overrules in successes and failures of men (Luke 1:52; 1 Samuel 2:6-8). He is in the accidental and insignificant things of life (Proverbs 16:33). He upholds, puts down, and overrules the destines of man, saved and unsaved (Palms 11:6). All men are in the hands of God's providence.

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[1]  Wayne Grudem, SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, 315.