Our word “providence” conveys the idea of providing; the quality or state of being provident. The providence of God generally means the divine care, guidance and sustaining power of God over the universe and the affairs of men.
I find it helpful to think of God’s providence in terms of five realms where Scripture specifically has something to say: Permission, Performance, Preference, Providence and Prohibition.
There is that which God PERMITS. Paul said, “... I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits,” (1 Cor. 16:7; Jas. 4:15). God “allowed all nations to walk in their…