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Providence. What is providence? Of what relevance is God's providence?

Providence simply means to foresee. Pro [before] / videre [to see]. But what good is knowing the future and not doing anything about it?

God's providence ties in with His omniscience (all knowing). He sees beforehand everything that is going to happen. Not only that, He knows it and orchestrates it.

That being said, if God is truly in control and orbiting every action and circumstance, both for us and around us, why on earth do we have any ground at all to worry? About anything?

Simple answer? We don't.

"Worry is taking your problems out of God's hands and into your own because deep down you don't think He's capable enough to take care of them." - Voddie Baucham

Worry is a sin. Anxiety is a sin. Whatever happened to trusting God, wholly and completely?

Easier said than done. Trust me, I know.

I'm a worrier. It's probably genetic, but that's no excuse.

Consider Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for the good of those that love God, who are called according to His purpose."

Among Christians, it is a very common verse. The promise it holds is refreshing. But it seems to me, that as soon as anything not-so-good happens, with an outcome that may be hard for us to deal with, we shut God out.

Why do we do it? Maybe we think that God messed up in His planning, or maybe He really doesn't care about us like He claims to.

Friend, I urge you to take a new perspective. For the Christian, we know that all things work together for good. Just 10 verses later, Paul says, "For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Did you read that? Read it again.

NOTHING can separate us from the love of God. Not even death! No created thing. God's providence is in our troubles, our sin, our happiness. He knows the future, He organized it.

So instead of blaming God when something doesn't go the way we think it should (with our vapor of existence and speck of knowledge), we need to to teach ourselves to rely on the ONLY One who knows every detail in all of history and eternity, who is eternal and everlasting. Wouldn't you say that He knows more than us? Obviously. He sees the bigger picture and knows where He is taking us.

Christian, I pray that is a comfort and a reminder for you.

Keep on, persevere. The Almighty God is in control.

<3 Berea
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  1. Unknown21 March 2017 at 17:52

    I really needed to hear that, thank you so much for this I could hear God speaking right through you to me. It was very encouraging and eye opening

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  2. Berea H.24 March 2017 at 18:37

    Thank you for your encouragement! We are thrilled that God is using us to be an influence to you and pray He will continue to do so.

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