What does it benefit us to know that God has created all things and still upholds them by His providence?

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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 1:21–22; 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 5:3–5; Romans 8:38–39)
  • 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 17:24–28)