The sovereignty of God is wise, loving and just. It’s a package deal. This concept is described in Trusting God Even When Life Hurts, by Jerry Bridges:
All things are indebted for their existence to the continuous sustaining action of God exercised through His Son. Nothing exists of its own inherent power of being. Nothing in all creation stands or acts independently of the Lord’s will. The so-called laws of nature are nothing more than the physical expression of the steady will of Christ. The law of gravity operates with unceasing certainty because Christ continuously wills it to operate. The chair I am sitting on while I write these words hold together because the atoms and molecules in the wood are held in place by His active will.
The stars continue in their courses because He keeps them there. Scripture says, “He…brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. (Isaiah 40:25)
God’s sustaining action in Christ goes beyond the inanimate creation. The Bible says that He gives life to everything (Nehemiah 9:6). “He supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle and for the young raves when they call” (Psalm 147:8-9). God did not simply create and then walk away. He constantly sustains that which He created.
Further, the Bible teaches that God sustains you and me. “He himself gives all men life and breath and everything else….’For in him we live and move and have our being’”(Acts 17:25-28). He supplies our daily food (2 Corinthians 9:10). Our times are in His hands (Psalm 31:15). Every breath we breathe is a gift from God, every bite of food we eat is given to us from His hand, every day we live is determined by Him. He has not left us to our own devices, or the whims of nature, or the malevolent acts of other people. NO! He constantly sustains, provides for and cares for us every moment of every day.
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