The Hand of God Quotes

“It is our response to temptation that leads us down the path of righteousness or into the dead end of disobedience.”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances

“We mustn’t allow our circumstances and disappointments to become the excuse for the choices we make in life. God is greater than all of that, and He can bring beauty out of ashes. Our trials come, Augustine said, “to prove us and to improve us.”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances

“The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40:28–31)”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances

“How many times we must relearn the lesson that God is the only unfailing One. He is the only One who is true to His Word on every occasion. “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God” (Psalm 20:7).”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances

“Here is the great mystery of God’s hand in Joseph’s life: You will recall that his brothers sold him into slavery in part to prevent the realization of his dream that they would one day bow down to him. In order to ensure that that day would never come, they took matters into their own hands and committed an evil act for which they were responsible. But God in His overruling providence used their evil behavior to bring Joseph into the very position of authority before which the brothers were obliged to bow.”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances

“Jeremiah 17:5: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD.”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances

“It’s never too late for repentance. With God’s help we can chart a new course and set our sails in the direction of obedience to God.”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances