By Gary Ray Branscome
God
not only created the world, He is actively involved in it, like a hand in a
glove guiding, sustaining and directing the course of events. If sin had never
entered the world, all things would work together perfectly. However, because
of sin God withdrew some of His sustaining power. And, even that was an act of
His love, aimed at making us aware of our sin, and need of His mercy.
The
words, Cursed is the ground for your sake, tell us that the
struggle for survival that we now endure is for our sake or benefit (Genesis
The
words, You [God] sustained them [
The
words, God Has made of one blood all nations of men to live on all the face
of the earth, and has determined their appointed times, and the boundaries they
live in; So that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might
grope for Him, and find Him, although He is not far from any one of us: For in
Him we live, and move, and have our being, tell us that God, by His
providence, has determined the boundaries of the nations, in the hope that they
might seek Him and find Him (Acts 17:26-28). The words, You make springs send
water into the valleys that run among the hills. They provide drink for every
beast of the field: the wild donkeys quench their thirst. Beside the waters
nest the birds the air, who sing among the branches. You water the hills from
your palace: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of what you do. You cause
the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate: so that he
may get food from the ground; And wine to make the heart of man cheerful, and
oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens him, tell us that
many of the things that we take for granted, and assume just happen, only
continue because God is at work (Psalm 104:10-15). And the words, The
kings heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water: He turns it
whichever way He wants, should remind us that God is in control (Proverbs
21:1).