The "I Shall Not Want" of Providence - Reformed (Psalm 23)
When John Calvin was dying, friends urged him to stop working. He refused: "Would you have the Lord find me idle?" His trust in providence...
This is stories & illustrations on calvin and providence for adults, drawing on Psalm 23. It carries an emotional tone of trust, peace and awe.
When John Calvin was dying, friends urged him to stop working. He refused: "Would you have the Lord find me idle?" His trust in providence was complete. "I shall not want" meant: whatever comes is from my Shepherd's hand. Not that life would be comfortable, but that God was sovereign over every circumstance. Calvin died peacefully at 54, having shaped a reformation. The Shepherd led him through green pastures AND dark valleys—and Calvin trusted the leading in both.
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