WHISPERSGOD’S PROVIDENCE TODAY

THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT HOW GOD INTERACTS WITH HIS FOLLOWERS.

IN THE PAST, INTERVENTION BY GOD IN THIS WORLD’S

EVENTS WERE DIVINELY ARRANGED, ORDAINED,

AND EXECUTED.

TODAY, GOD IS STILL INVESTED IN OUR LIVES. THERE ARE PROMISES

MADE IN SCRIPTURE THAT REQUIRE FULFILLMENT.

MATTHEW 6:32,33MATTHEW 10:29,30,31

ROMANS 8:281 CORINTHIANS 10:13

HEBREWS 13:5,6

PROVIDENCE IS NOT MIRACULOUS.

MIRACLES ARE ‘SIGNS’ THAT COULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED NATURALLY.

MIRACLES SERVED A UNIQUE PURPOSE FOR A PRE-DETERMINED PERIOD

OF TIME.

MIRACLES WERE A SIGN OF GOD’S ENDORSEMENT FOR THAT PERSON OR

ACTION.

GOD’S PROVIDENCE IS NOT OBVIOUS ENOUGH TO SERVE AS SUCH A SIGN.

PROVIDENCE IS NOT MIRACULOUS.

TWO O.T. EXAMPLES

JOSEPH...THE SLAVE SOLD BY HIS

FAMILY ONLY TO BECAME THEIR MASTER.

RUTH...THE CHILDLESS WIDOW WHO BECAME A KING’S

GRANDMOTHER.

THE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT UNFOLDS IN THESE STORIES SHOW HOW GOD’S PROVIDENCE

WORKS.

TWO O.T. EXAMPLES

GOD IS ALWAYS GOOD!

GOD WAS WITH JOB BUT IT DIDN’T KEEP HIM FROM

SUFFERING PERSONAL LOSS AND HEARTACHE.

GOD WAS WITH SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO BUT IT DIDN’T KEEP THEM OUT OF THE

FIERY FURNACE.

GOD WAS WITH A HOST OF HIS SERVANTS

THROUGHOUT THE O.T. BUT IT DIDN’T ALWAYS KEEP THEM FROM HARM.

GOD IS ALWAYS GOOD!

PROVIDENCE SHOWS US GOD’S WILL.

WHAT DID HE INTEND TO HAPPEN (MATTHEW 18:14)?

WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES OUT OF HIS CONTROL (GENESIS 3:14-19)?

WHAT TOOK PLACE BECAUSE THE PLAN OF GOD WAS ALWAYS IN PLACE (ACTS 2:23).

PROVIDENCE SHOWS US GOD’S WILL.

THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD IS THE UNFOLDING REALITY OF GOD’S WILL. WE WILL

(EVENTUALLY) SEE WHY THINGS HAPPENED.

WHISPERSGOD’S PROVIDENCE TODAY