Not Even a Hair on My Head

"Providence” is that power of God whereby He governs and rules all things in His creation. 

Everything that happens, 

• happens according to the will of God 
• and in accordance with His plan for the fullness of time. 
• The Bible leaves no room for anything to fall outside the scope of God’s control. 
• All things are in God’s power. 

Even the most insignificant things imaginable are under His direction.

• Without my Father’s will not a hair can fall from my head. 
• What is more insignificant than a hair from my head? 
• Yet God controls even such minute events. 
• There is absolutely nothing in this universe that is not sovereignly controlled by God.

If this is so, and it is, 

• then there is no such thing as chance, fate, fortune or luck. 
• God’s providence leaves no room for belief in, or talk about, lucky charms, rabbit’s feet or four-leaf clovers. 
• God’s providence leaves no room for black cats, broken mirrors or Friday 13th. 

For there are no forces in this universe, 

• personal or impersonal, 
• which are not controlled by God. 
• God is sovereign, that is: God is in control of all things. 
• He decides what will happen, and when, where and how, etc. 
• This is God’s providence.

Jeremiah 23:23.24 

• "Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord, and not a God afar off? 
• Can anyone hide himself in secret places, so I shall not see him?” says the Lord; 
• “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.

Adapted Excerpt From Van Delden's Only By True Faith