We've already covered most of what the First Article means in the earlier post, but there are a few words and phrases that might have caught your attention. The first is this phrase: "and still takes care of them."
As the Psalmist says, "O Lord, You preserve both man and beast" (in 36:6) and again, "The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food at the proper time. You open Your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing." (145:15-16)
In other words, God didn't just speak the world into existence, start the Earth spinning on its axis, and then step back to see what would happen next.
The psalmist is telling us that God is still active in the world creating and taking care of His creation. And this follows from what we know before. In the same way that He brought your parents together to create you, and made sure you have had enough to eat and drink to keep you alive until today, and made sure that you received an invitation to participate in this class, and preserved you from illness so that you are well enough to be reading this post right now, God is ultimately responsible for every good thing that comes to you in life. He takes care of you! "He richly and daily provides me with all I need to support this body and life."
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