Gods Providence

The mystery of providence defies our attempt to tame it by reason. I do not mean it is illogical; I mean that we do not know enough about it to be able to unpack it.

D. A. Carson

We declare that by God’s providence, not only heaven and earth and inanimate creatures, but also the counsels and wills of men, are governed so as to move precisely to that end destined by him.

John Calvin

It is a sin as much to quarrel with God’s providence as to deny his providence.

Thomas Watson

No life can surpass that of a man who quietly continues to serve God in the place where providence has placed him.

Enoch, Volume 22, Sermon #1307 - Genesis 5:21-24, Hebrews 11:5, 6, Jude 1:14, 15

Charles Spurgeon

It is a sin as much to quarrel with God’s providence as to deny his providence.

Thomas Watson

God’s providences often seem to contradict his purposes, even when they are serving them.

Matthew Henry

1166He that has gone to prepare a place for us by his presence has prepared the way to that place for us by his providence.—17.235

Charles Spurgeon

I am prepared to assert that perhaps in this twentieth century of ours the most important doctrine in many ways is the doctrine of providence.

Great Doctrines of the Bible (1), 141

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly problems. It is almost equally true that a clear and full apprehension of the universal providence of God is the solution of most theological problems.

Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

See also: Universe; Providence

There may be some theoretical chance that wind and rain erosion could produce the face of four presidents on the side of a mountain, but it is still far more reasonable to assume that an intelligent sculptor created Mount Rushmore.

Norman Geisler

God is to be trusted when his providences seem to run contrary to his promises.

Thomas Watson

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seem to have failed us.

George Washington

Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.”

Warren W. Wiersbe; Augustine of Hippo

If you think that you know the will of God for your life … you are probably in for a very rude awakening, because nobody knows the will of God for his entire life.

Elisabeth Elliot

God not only orders our steps; he orders our stops.

George Müller

‘Not as I will, but as thou wilt.’To be able to say these words and truly mean them is the highest point we can ever hope to attain.

Malcolm Muggeridge