In our sermon from last Sunday, the pastor used this quote. It's from a sermon called, "God's Providence" by Charles Spurgeon:
I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes—that every particle of spray that dashes against the steamboat has its orbit as well as the sun in the heavens—that the chaff from the hand of the winnower is steered as the stars in their courses. The creeping of an aphid over the rosebud is as much fixed as the march of the devastating pestilence—the fall of sere leaves from a poplar is as fully ordained as the tumbling of an avalanche.
I needed to see it written down, so I set out to read it in its full context. Boy. I'm really glad I did.
I wrote this blog post about the wagon wheel a while back. The following quote was in the same sermon as the above quote, and it jumped out at me:
You know that, in a wheel there is one portion that never turns round, that stands steadfast; and that is the axle. So in God's Providence, there is an axle which never moves. Christian, here is a sweet thought for thee! Thy state is ever changing; sometimes thou art exalted, and sometimes depressed; yet there is an unmoving point in thy state. What is that axle? What is the pivot upon which all the machinery revolves? It is the axle of God's everlasting love toward his covenant people. The exterior of the wheel is changing, but the center stands forever fixed. Other things may move; but God's love never moves: it is the axle of the wheel; and this is another reason why Providence should be compared to a wheel.
Oh the whole sermon just brought me to tears. (I'm so thankful to God for the way He works.)
I'm putting it here so I can go read it again. And maybe again...
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