Day 782 – God Is Always In Control (1) – Wisdom Unplugged

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy Welcome to Day 782 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom God Is Always In Control (1) – Wisdom Unplugged Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 782 of our trek, and it is time for a 3-minute mini-trek called Wisdom Unplugged. Due to a heavy travel and activity-filled schedule for the past three weeks, our Wisdom-Trek episodes will be shorter so that I can pre-record them. As we continue with this new year, I thought it would be good to invest this time discovering God and His key attributes. Yesterday we explored that God Never Changes. Today and tomorrow our attribute is… God Is Always In Control God controls all things, working out everything in conformity with the plan and purpose of His own will. · God’s control extends to the whole universe. He is the only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. For “at just the right time, Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords,” 1 Timothy [6:15]. His throne is in the heavens, and His kingdom rules over all. He sustains the whole universe by His powerful word. The government of the entire universe is His · God’s control of nature follows. All natural forces are in His control. The elements are at His command. All the processes of nature are at His direction. It is the Lord who provides the sun to light the day and the moon and stars to light the night, and who stirs the sea into roaring waves. His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.  – Jeremiah [31:35] · God’s control of His creatures follows. His care, for example, extends to the smallest of His creatures. He gives the beasts their food. Not a single sparrow falls to the ground apart from His will, “What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it,” Matthew [10:29]. He can appoint all His creatures to perform His will even for ravens to convey bread and meat to...