Keywords
Isaiah 46:10-11, Providence, providential power
Abstract
We are often at the dubious mercy of people, forces, and events that are beyond our control. But a trust in Providence — a word that is used relatively seldom these days for power that transcends even those people, forces, and events and that can, in the end, overrule them for our good — can nonetheless give us serene confidence. That such providential power exists, that it is personal and caring, is one of the fundamental messages of the scriptures and the prophets.
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. (Isaiah 46:10-11)
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Daniel C.
(2020)
"The End from the Beginning,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 38, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol38/iss1/3
