What does it benefit us to know that God has created all things and still upholds them by His providence?
We can be patient in adversity, thankful in prosperity, and with a view to the future we can have a firm confidence in our faithful God and Father that no creature shall separate us from His love; for all creatures are so completely in His hand that without His will they cannot so much as move.
Proofs
- We can be patient in adversity, (Job 1:21β22; Psalm 39:10; James 1:3)
- thankful in prosperity, (Deuteronomy 8:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:18)
- and with a view to the future we can have a firm confidence in our faithful God and Father that no creature shall separate us from His love; (Psalm 55:22; Romans 5:3β5; Romans 8:38β39)
- for all creatures are so completely in His hand that without His will they cannot so much as move. (Job 1:12; Job 2:6; Proverbs 21:1; Acts 17:24β28)