How To Read God’s Providence. Part [8] 01/10/2026 (Morning thought)

Numbers 24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

No matter what the danger, no matter how hot the pursuit of your enemies, God’s plan of escape never includes violations of God’s law without His consent, such as killing or lying as something that is ordained or recommended by Him, if you have studied and if you have learned how to read God’s providences. When Moses killed the Egyptian who was smiting his brethren, he decided, and he acted without the counsel of God.

And thus, he violated God’s law that says “Thou shalt not kill.” Did the Egyptian deserve what he got? Yes, he did, but Moses was not to take it upon himself to dish out retribution, without first seeking God’s counsel. When Rahab hid the spies from the authorities, she told a series of lies, that succeeded in fooling those who were sent to arrest them. But The Lord doesn’t deal in lies at all, for He is a God of truth.

And, even though He winked at her ignorance in the specific situation, God would have found other ways and means to deliver the two spies. In other words, if Rahab had spoken the truth and said the spies are hiding upstairs between the stalks, God would have intervened in a time and way of His choosing. In other words, God did not encourage, or instruct Rahab to lie about the situation. His providences do not lead any individual to disobey His word, or walk contrary to the voice of His Holy Spirit.

Deuteronomy 20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

How To Read God’s Providence. Part [7] 01/10/2026 (Evening thought)

1st Samuel 21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

Question: Since God has already anointed David to be the king and nothing and no one could stop that, why is He permitting Saul to hunt down David as the most wanted man in the country? God is allowing these providences so that David will learn those most critically important lessons that all of us have to learn, the lessons of not planning for ourselves, and total dependence on God.

1st Samuel 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath… Without us being well grilled in these lessons, we are certain to make grave errors in judgment. In addition, the human tendency is to take the glory of our accomplishments to ourselves, and thus, in his capacity as king, David will be severely tempted to take unwarranted liberties, without asking God’s counsel, something that he ended up doing anyway, on more than one occasion.

1st Samuel 21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, you see the man is mad: wherefore then have you brought him to me?… Especially in times of danger, volatility, uncertainty, and real peril, the Christian would be tempted to do the logically obvious, to the exclusion of God from the decision-making processes. At times like these, we usually plan and act on our own, but we pray to God to sign off on what we already intend to do.

1st Samuel 21:13 And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!