God’s Providence in the World

July 25, 2008 | Posted by Ray Fowler

John Piper provides the following sample of scriptures bearing witness to God’s complete providence in governing the world.

“I have commanded the ravens to feed you there” (1Kings 17:4)
“The Lord God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah” (Jonah 4:6).
“God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered” (Jonah 4:7).
“I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants” (Exodus 8:21).
“He summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread” (Psalms 105:16).
“He gave them hail for rain” (Psalms 105:32).
“He spoke, and the locusts came” (Psalms 105:34).
“The Lord will whistle for . . . the bee that is in the land of Assyria” (Isaiah 7:18).
“The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord” (Proverbs 16:33).
“Even the wind and the sea obey him” (Mark 4:41).
“He removes kings and sets up kings” (Daniel 2:21).
“Even the unclean spirits, and they obey him” (Mark 1:27).
“He upholds the universe by the word of his power” (Hebrews 1:3).

What a comfort it is to know that God governs all things in the world, both big and small.

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