Saturday, March 1, 2025
COINCIDENCE OR
PROVIDENCE
Matt 10:29-31
29 Are not two
sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground
without your Father.
30 But
the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear ye not
therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
What is sometimes
called fate is actually God’s providence. Someone has said “fate is blind, but
providence has eyes.” For the child of God there are no accidents, only
incidents. Providence is not a Biblical term. You will only find it once in the
New Testament. It is used by the orator Tertullus in Acts 24:1 & 2, not of
God but of the high priest Ananias.
George H. Morrison
says: “What then is the literal meaning of the word providence? It is the
Latin word for foresight. Yet it always includes a little more than
foresight. It includes the conception of forethought as well. And so,
the providence of God is just God's wisdom, shaping and guiding and ordering
all things, acting today in full view of tomorrow, and conducting everything to
wise and holy ends.”
So, what are we to
think about God’s providence? It is simply this. God loves me and has redeemed
me by His grace, and he will order the events of my life, both good and bad for
His glory and my greater good. If a mother takes her toddler to the doctor for
immunization shots, she is willing to allow her child a moment of pain for a
future of health. In the same way God often chooses to allow momentary pain in
our lives for some future good.
Dear Lord, thank you
for ordering my steps today. AMEN
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