"The SON Is The Radiance Of GOD'S Glory And The Exact Representation Of HIS BEING."

A wise, and most kind, 
as well as holy Providence
(Thomas Guthrie, 1803-1873) 

"HE existed before anything else, 
and HE holds all creation together." 
Colossians 1:17

GOD'S work of providence is 
"HIS most holy, wise, and powerful 
preserving and governing of all HIS 
creatures and all their actions." 

Providence has no Sabbath. 
No night suspends it, and from 
its labors GOD never rests.

Our world is but an outlying corner 
of GOD'S creation; bearing, perhaps, 
as small a proportion to the great 
universe, as a single grain bears to all 
the sands of the sea-shore, or one small 
quivering leaf to the foliage of a 
boundless forest. 

Yet, even within this earth's 
narrow limits, how vast is 
the work of Providence!

How soon is the mind lost 
in contemplating it! 

How great is that BEING . . .
  whose hand paints every flower, 
  and shapes every leaf; 
  who forms every bud on every tree, and 
  every infant in the darkness of the womb; 
  who feeds each crawling worm with 
   a parent's care, 
  who watches like a mother over 
  the insect that sleeps away the night 
  in the bosom of a flower; 
  
  who throws open the golden gates 
  of day, and draws around a sleeping 
  world the dusky curtains of the night; 
  who measures out the drops of every 
  shower, the whirling snow-flakes, and 
  the sands of man's eventful life; 
  
  who determines alike the fall of a 
  sparrow, and the fate of a kingdom; 
  who so overrules the tide of human 
  fortunes, that whatever befalls him, 
come joy or sorrow, the believer says, 

"It is the LORD; let HIM do what 
seems good to HIM." 1 Samuel 3:18 

"HE holds all creation together." 

Wonderful words, as spoken of ONE 
who, some eighteen centuries ago, 
was a houseless wanderer, a pensioner 
on woman's charity, and frequently without 
a place where to lay HIS head! 

Yet how clearly do these words attest 
HIS dignity and divinity! 

In ascribing this great work of 
providence to JESUS CHRIST, my text 
calls you to render divine honor to HIM. 

In the hands that were once nailed 
to the cross, it places the scepter 
of universal empire! 

On those blessed arms that, once 
thrown around a mother's neck, now 
tenderly enfold every child of GOD--
it hangs the weight of worlds.
 
"HE holds all creation together." 

Every object in nature is impressed 
with HIS footprints, and each new day 
repeats the wonders of creation. Yes, 
there is not a morning we open our eyes, 
but they meet a scene as astonishing as 
that which fixed the gaze of Adam when 
he awoke into existence. 

Nor is there an object, be it . . .
  pebble or pearl, 
  weed or rose, 
  the flower-spangled sward beneath 
  or the star-spangled sky above, 
  a worm or an angel, 
  a drop of water or a boundless ocean, 
in which intelligence may not discern, 
and piety may not adore, the providence 
of HIM who assumed our nature that 
HE might save our souls. 

The comfort of GOD'S redeemed people 
rests so much on the conviction . . .
  that the LORD JESUS reigns, 
  that HIS hand rules every event,
  that a wise, and most kind, 
  as well as holy Providence 
presides over our daily fortunes 
and all things besides.

"The SON is the radiance of GOD'S glory 
and the exact representation of HIS being, 
sustaining all things by HIS powerful Word." 
Hebrews 1:3

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Arthur Pink, "The Attributes of God"
Chapter 6. The Sovereignty of God