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Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Even the tiniest details of history move forward under the providential care of our sovereign, all-good God. Nothing is random. Nothing is meaningless.

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0:00.0

The doctrine of God's Providence is the theme of Pastor John's new book by the title,

0:08.2

Providence.

0:09.8

The truth that God governs over all things has always been true, but for us to see and

0:15.0

savor this reality, we must learn it first so that we can treasure it for ourselves.

0:21.1

And when we do, it will make a very definite impact in our lives it has to.

0:27.2

God's all-wise design for our lives will change us in very tangible ways.

0:33.5

And that is why we have set aside Wednesdays on the podcast.

0:37.5

On Wednesdays, Pastor John is celebrating the real life impact of Providence on our lives.

0:44.7

There's a total of 10 implications.

0:46.6

Last time in episode 1577, we looked at how Providence makes us tremble over our sin

0:51.5

and marvel over the grace of the gospel.

0:54.6

That was implication number two last time.

0:57.6

Here now with implication number three is Pastor John to explain.

1:02.4

Tony, it seems to me that over the years, many of the folks that have written to us have

1:08.4

wrestled with the basic meaningfulness or significance of life and of reality, sometimes

1:17.3

because of the suffering that they walk through, sometimes because of the simple banal

1:23.8

repetitive, seemingly meaningless mundane routines of life.

1:30.3

And so this particular effect that I'm going to talk about now of understanding and cherishing

1:37.2

the all-embracing, all-pervading Providence of God might land on those people as it does

1:45.8

on me with great preciousness and great significance and the third effect of seeing and savoring

1:54.7

this Providence of God is this.

1:58.1

It establishes a framework of reality in our mind by which we see absolutely everything

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