Sunday, September 12, 2010

The Wonders of GOD's Divine Providence.

Almighty GOD is a super Divine Being--all powerful, omnipotent, magnificent, infinite, immortal, most holy, loving and merciful, and our Heavenly Father.

What is Divine providence? It is God's complete control of all His creation - the Universe, our physical world, mankind and all the creatures created by Almighty God. It is also His love, protection and salvation for the human race.

The purpose of Divine Providence, is the fulfilling  of God's will and our faithfulness to Him.The affairs of mankind are governed by God and His works through Nature, in order to fulfill His purposes.

The laws of nature are no more than God's depiction at work in the Universe. In fact, the laws of nature are God's rules and principles, set to govern how things are done.

It is true that God established everything that will occur in due time, as prophesied by His prophets in the past.
All creatures should manifest God's glory, particularly men should glorify God, serving Him in love and obedience.

To accomplish His will, God works both directly and indirectly. Miracles and supernatural events, are God's direct accomplishment of His will.

Indirect accomplishment, is when God's holy Spirit directs and prevent us from going somewhere, or doing something that is not in accordance with His will.

God gives us freedom of choice apart from His will. No doubt, that God can influence and control our choices and actions, especially if we choose to disobey God.

In spite of sin, due to the wilful perversion of humans, and evil which is the consequence of sin...God directs  all to the final end for which the world was created.

In His divine purity, God detests and rejects sin, which is an offence against God. If you love God, will you not obey His commandments? Will you not strive to please Him, and to cease offending Him? He is a most wonderful, loving, patient and tolerant God who loves us, despite our sinfulness and ingratitude.

Know that God  lacks nothing, nor is He truly in need of us. We on the other hand, need God. Our being, our very own survival and salvation--depends on God who created us in His image and likeness.

God can do without us, but we cannot do without Him.Why? You may ask. Without God, do you know that we will surely be at the horrible mercy of satan and his demons? - who as we can visualize, spare no mercy for us in life, or worse still--in death!

For God so loves us that He sent His only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to suffer and die  crucified on the cross, to atone for our sins...that we may have salvation in Him!

Sin is punishable by God, our righteous Judge, whether in this life or in the next.
Likewise, God also rewards men, according to their good works. He uses suffering to purge and purify us like purified gold - tried in fire.
Converting evil for good. Though God permits sin, yet He Does Not permit evil, unless God can draw good out of evil.

Therefore, God in His wise and loving Providence, protects and governs all things in His creation. We must have faith and trust in God, bow down and worship Him only, and no other--for our citizenship is in Heaven.