Quotes about Divine

Confidence in the sovereignty of God in all that affects us is crucial to our trusting Him. if there is a single event in all of the universe that can occur outside of God's sovereign control, then we cannot trust Him.

And we should remember that God works in history from an eternal perspective, whereas we tend to view the outworking of history from a temporal perspective.

The secret things belong to the LORD our God.

When we consider some of the evil tyrants and dictators that have reigned, as well as some of the weak and foolish men who have held high office, even in this century, we are amazed to learn that they have ruled in the sovereign will of God. But that is what Scripture tells us.

God not only determines who governs, He also rules in the decisions that they make. Proverbs 16:33 says, "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

God sovereignly intervened in the hearts—the desires and wills—of the Egyptians to accomplish His purpose for the Israelites.

He so directs and controls all events and all actions of His creatures that they never act outside of His sovereign will.

Yet God controls the king's heart. The stubborn will of the most powerful monarch on earth is directed by God as easily as the farmer directs the flow of water in his irrigation canals.

The converse truth is that love gives validity to my actions and makes them acceptable to God.

In contrast, there are sixteen whys in the book of Job, according to author Don Baker. Sixteen times Job asked God why. He is persistent and petulant. He is accusatory toward God. And, as has been observed by many, God never answered Job's why. Instead He answered who.

The fact is we do not know what God is doing through a particular set of circumstances or events.

He has designed His eternal purpose so that His glory and our good are inextricably bound together.