Throughout this past year and the years preceding it, the profound comfort I derive from knowing God’s providence has often been mingled with a sobering realisation: His providence does not exempt me from pain in my walk with Christ. I do not look forward to the experience of suffering with giddy anticipation or a smile…
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Because of what Jesus did on the cross, whatever suffering we go through here on this side of eternity is ‘easy’ suffering because we have been spared the greatest suffering of all, the punishment of our sins and eternal damnation.
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Father in the name of Jesus we want to thank you for the privilege to come boldly to the throne of grace, with the confidence that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. We bring before you the troubling situations of our world. While most of us enjoy good…
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In January this year, I read a book by John Piper called Providence. In it, he shows that the pervasive theme of all that God does in redemptive history is that God be known, enjoyed, and praised for who He really is. My three takes from Piper’s book were: 1) a God-saturated, scripturally-informed and God-entranced worldview…
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August 5MORNING And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good. (Romans 8:28) Upon some points a believer is absolutely sure. He knows, for instance, that God sits in the stern-sheets of the vessel when it rocks most. He believes that an invisible hand is always on the world’s tiller,…
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In the previous article, we touched on Satan’s folly in continuing headlong in stubborn, suicidal rebellion against Omnipotence. Like the post-modernist who denies Satan’s existence yet serves him daily, Satan himself continues to serve God’s purpose, even though he doesn’t realise it (in his folly). Satan, being uniformly evil, sincerely means to harm God’s people,…
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In the previous article, we considered the meaning of Providence, leaning on the historical confessions of faith. Pastor and author John Piper beautifully sums up the historical definitions of Providence by describing Providence as ‘God’s wise and purposeful sovereignty’1. In other words, nothing happens outside of God’s sovereign will – including even calamities and apparent…
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We are all, of course, familiar with the term “Providence”. It is often used as a shorthand for “If God permits”. But what do we mean by these terms? Do we really know? I fear there is much mental haziness and confusion at this point in the Christian landscape. Defining Providence As the 27th article…
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