What is    
The Providence of God?   
    
   George Washington and his contemporaries, in public, referred to "providence" instead of God. Did they not believe in the person of God, or was there another reason? They founded civil government, not religion, although Biblical principles made their way into our laws. 

   There is a doctrine, "the providence of God," and it has at least three aspects:

1. Preservation

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,

your justice like the great deep.

O Lord, you preserve both man and beast.

Psalm 36:6

   Christ in creation

Through him all things were made...

John 1:3

   Christ in preservation

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Colossians 1:17

2. Provision

   He provides for his creatures.

Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate day from night, 

and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years.

Genesis 1:14

I give you every seed-bearing  plant and every tree that has fruit with seed.

And...everything that has breath of life in it - I give every green plant for food.

Genesis 1:29-30

    He provides spiritual life

My God will meet (fill) all your (spiritual) needs 

according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19 

3. Government 

   This gets interesting. See Views on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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With help from Bible commentary