Providence and the Believer
Divine Protection
Providence · 5 verses
Providence encompasses God's watchful care over believers, protecting them from dangers seen and unseen, preserving them through trials, and keeping them unto final salvation. This protection operates through both natural and supernatural means, employing angels, circumstances, and direct intervention as wisdom dictates.
Scripture References
“For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
“The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.”
“My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.”
“The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.”