Seeing God at Work In All Things
The term providence is not found in the Scriptures, it has been historically used to summarize God’s ongoing relationship to his creation.
"For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together." - Colossians 1:16-17
In the beginning, God Created
God has no beginning and is therefore self-sufficient.
“Whatever God is and all that God is, He is in Himself. No creature has life in itself, all life is a gift from God... All breathing things need air; every organism needs food and water. Take air and water from the earth and all life would perish instantly. It may be stated as an axiom that to stay alive every created thing needs some other created thing and all things need God. To God alone nothing is necessary.1”
All things, things in the heavens and the earth, things visible and invisible were created from the overflow of the trinity. A beautiful recalibration occurs within our soul when we remember that God is the source of all things because he is the creator of all things.