“The providence of God is seen in His
purposeful and pervasive sovereignty” (Piper)
“The providence of God is the almighty,
everywhere-present power of God, whereby, as it were by His hand,
He still upholds heaven and earth with all creature, and so governs
them that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren
years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty,
indeed all things come not by chance, but by His fatherly
hand.” (Heidelberg Catechism, 1563)
“God the great Creator of all things doth
uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and
things, from the greatest even to the least, by his most wise and
holy providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the
free and immutable counsel of his own will, to the praise of the
glory of his wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy.”
(Westminster Confession of Faith, 1646)