{"id":306697,"date":"2021-01-27T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/gods-providence-in-our-distress\/"},"modified":"2021-01-27T07:00:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T12:00:04","slug":"gods-providence-in-our-distress","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/gods-providence-in-our-distress\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Providence in Our Distress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do we do when life&#8217;s circumstances seem hopeless? 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My brother-in-law says, \u201cYour mom was in a bus accident. She didn\u2019t make it; your dad may not make it.\u201d While I am weeping like I had never wept before, I was <em>happy<\/em> [emotion in voice]: \u201cThank You. Thank You that I had such a mom for 28 years. Thank You that she didn\u2019t suffer from what they said.\u201d I thought to myself, \u201cTo be simultaneously heartbroken, and content, and joyful\u2014that really is possible!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, January 27<sup>th<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I'm Bob Lepine. You can find us online at FamilyLifeToday.com. To be able to simultaneously have heartbreak and joy, that requires an understanding of the providence of God. We\u2019ll talk more about that today with John Piper. Stay with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. We\u2019ve been spending some time this week just acknowledging the fact that life is hard and, at the same time, that God is good. I think there was a song years ago\u2014that was the chorus: \u201cLife is hard, but God is good,\u201d\u2014those are both true. The more we can understand: \u201cYes, life is hard; and we shouldn\u2019t pretend like it isn\u2019t,\u201d and \u201cYes, God is good; and we should never forget His goodness,\u201d the better off we\u2019ll be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> The difficulty comes when it\u2019s hard to remember God\u2019s goodness in the <em>middle<\/em> of life\u2019s hardness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, that\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s simultaneously <em>true<\/em>; but sometimes, when you\u2019re in the dark cave, you<em> forget<\/em>; and you have to be reminded. That\u2019s why it\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> program to talk about that today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> I think\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Who\u2019s this man over here talking? We haven\u2019t introduced him yet. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is our friend, Dr. John Piper, who wants to sneak into the conversation. Welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>What is it that you wanted to add there?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper: <\/strong>Seeing the goodness of God in some <em>horrific<\/em> calamity\u2014globally, or nationally, or personally\u2014<em>demands<\/em> that Christians be <em>taught<\/em> what the Bible teaches about suffering before they\u2019re in it. You can\u2019t take a person, weeping their eyes out, and give them five verses that state purposes for their suffering. That has to come at a moment when the mind is eager, and ready, and reflective on text. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut we won\u2019t see the goodness of God in the horror of an event unless we\u2019ve been taught, say, four or five places in the Bible. Let me just give one as an example that I think has helped me so many times. When Paul said at the end of 2 Corinthians 1, \u201cWe were so unbearably crushed, we despaired of life itself.\u201d Then he adds a <em>purpose<\/em> clause, \u201c\u2026that was to make us rely upon God, who raises the dead.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou say, \u201cWhose purpose was that?\u201d It wasn\u2019t Satan\u2019s purpose to make him rely on God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, you have just completed this book on providence we\u2019ve been talking about this week, where you dive into and apply the understanding of God\u2019s good, kind sovereign control over humanity to the hard issues that we face; things like, I\u2019m thinking of a young woman, who desperately wants to be a mom, and every month gets the news, \u201cNot this month.\u201d She goes to the doctor and the doctor says, \u201cYou\u2019re not going to be a mom, biologically.\u201d She\u2019s going, \u201cI know this is to cause me to rely on God, but the grief I\u2019m experiencing is so overwhelming that it\u2019s hard to see the goodness of God in the midst of this kind of infertility.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes, that it\u2019s hard is an understatement. The Bible is unmistakably clear that God opens and closes the womb; so the remedy\u2014the answer, the solution, the approach\u2014to her agony is not to lie to her\u2014she knows better than that\u2014and say, \u201cWell, God didn\u2019t will this; this is Satan closing your womb,\u201d or \u201cGod didn\u2019t will this; this is <em>fate<\/em>,\u201d or something like that. You don\u2019t <em>lie<\/em> to people to help them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf I were dealing with that woman in my church, I would take her hand and say, \u201cI don\u2019t know what God has for you, but I know it\u2019s good.\u201d I might go to this text that I jotted down here a few days ago [Isaiah 56:4]: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\twho choose the things that please Me\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tand hold fast My covenant,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI will give in My house, within My walls,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\ta monument and a name\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tbetter than sons and daughters;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI will give them an everlasting name\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tthat shall never be cut off.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA single woman in her 50s brought me this text; she found this text to be <em>life<\/em>. Probably, it wasn\u2019t automatic; it wasn\u2019t without struggle. It wasn\u2019t without months and years of hoping, and grief, and wondering: \u201cDo you keep praying?\u201d or \u201cDo you not keep praying?\u201d\u2014but [she says]\u2014\u201cThis is a name for me better than sons and daughters. I don\u2019t know quite what that is, but it\u2019s better; God says it\u2019s better. I\u2019m going to believe it\u2019s better\u201d; so she picks up and moves on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere have been single women in our church over the years. I was there for 33 years, and I watched some of these women who dreamed. Then the dream faded, and God met them with such life-giving hope that they were flourishing, rich in ministry and relationships; that\u2019s what this kind of sovereignty can do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe sovereignty that closed the womb or stopped the relationship from happening, that sovereignty <em>is<\/em> the very sovereignty that enables her to count on: \u201cA God, who\u2019s going to give me something better than sons and daughters.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You just mentioned this earlier\u2014the issue of providence and prodigals\u2014something you\u2019ve lived through. You shared with us, openly, before about having a prodigal as you were raising your kids. How were you thinking about the kind providence of God while one of your kids was away, and not communicating with you, and didn\u2019t want anything to do with you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes, I think I want to say two things in public. Number one: I have five children, and I believe I would die for all of them in a minute. I would die, in less than a minute, for their salvation. That\u2019s the first thing I want to say: \u201cI love my children, even those who are not walking the way I think they should with Jesus.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe second thing I\u2019d say is the providence that has brought us to this point is <em>not<\/em> <em>finished<\/em>. I\u2019d want to say that to <em>every<\/em> parent, who says, \u201cHow can God <em>blank<\/em>?\u201d I would say, \u201cYou don\u2019t know what He\u2019s going to do tomorrow. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; \u201cThe story\u2019s not over.\u201d\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> \u201cYou do not know what this providence, that you are about to criticize, might do miraculously tomorrow. You <em>need<\/em> providence!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s the third thing I\u2019d say now is that: \u201cIf there is hope for any of us\u2014we were all prodigals once\u2014that providence is our only hope for salvation.\u201d When the rich young man turned away, and Jesus said, \u201cIt\u2019s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of heaven.\u201d The disciples threw up their hands and said, \u201cThen who can be saved?\u201d Jesus didn\u2019t say, \u201cOh, I guess I overstated it.\u201d He said: \u201cNobody,\u201d\u2014\u201cWith man, it is impossible; but with God, all things are possible.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m going to take other parents by the hand and say, \u201cLet\u2019s get on our faces and lay hold on God for the miracle.\u201d All\/I mean, we were singing the other day in worship this song: [singing] \u201cPower, power, power in Jesus\u2019 name.\u201d My hands are in the air, tears on my face, and I\u2019m saying, \u201cGod, You\u2019ve got all the power in the universe for my family. <em>Just say the word!<\/em>\u201d Remember the guy, who comes to Jesus, and says, \u201cMy child, my child\u2026just say the word!\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Because he knew He had the power.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> It\u2019s not an issue of <em>power<\/em>. It\u2019s just if\u2014I don\u2019t know why\u2014just talk about perplexities\u2014I don\u2019t know why\/why this delay: \u201cJust say the word to the dead bones, \u2018Live!\u2019\u201d The bones began to rattle, and they were clothed with flesh, and the heart of stone comes out; the heart of flesh goes in; a new creature\u2019s born\u2014that\u2019s God! There is no hope for salvation without the doctrine of sovereign providence.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You keep hoping in that; your child keeps wandering farther. In some cases, parents get the news that a child has died, apparently, unrepentant. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes; here\u2019s, emotionally, how I get help in that eventuality, which hasn\u2019t happened yet, but could. Paul in Romans 9:2\u2014it says he wrote, \u201cI am in unceasing anguish.\u201d And Paul said, \u201cRejoice always; and again, I say, \u2018Rejoice\u2026always!\u2019\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m in unceasing anguish.\u201d You\u2019ve got joy; \u201cso I\u2019ve got unceasing anguish, because of my kinsmen, because they\u2019ve rejected Christ!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne chapter later, Chapter 10, verse 1, it says, \u201cMy heart\u2019s desire and prayer to God for them is that they might be saved,\u201d even though he says one chapter later, \u201ca hardening has come upon Israel until the full number of the Gentiles comes in.\u201d He <em>knows<\/em> that those who are not saved are not saved because of a decreed hardness of heart. Paul\u2019s got all this theology in his head; and you watch the man live, day and night\u2014he goes to bed at night, weeping over Jews; he gets up, weeping over Jews\u2014and yet, he\u2019s the happiest man there is\u2014go figure! He says in 2 Corinthians 6:10, \u201c\u2026sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> The mystery of the Christian life is: \u201cIs that really possible?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> I mean, in real life, can you be sad and joyful simultaneously? My answer is: \u201cYes.\u201d Number one, because the Bible says so; and number two, because I\u2019ve tasted it. I mean, I\u2019ve <em>tasted<\/em> it. When my\u2014I\u2019ll give you a little picture\u2014my mother was killed in a bus accident when I was 28 years old. Never had any suffering in my life of any substantial. I get the phone call. My brother-in-law says, \u201cYour mom was in a bus accident. She didn\u2019t make it; your dad may not make it. I don\u2019t know anything else right now. I\u2019ll call you back.\u201d I hang it up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy little two-year-old is holding onto my leg: \u201cDaddy\u2019s sad,\u201d \u201cDaddy\u2019s sad.\u201d My wife could hear. I walked back to my room, kneeled down, cried for two hours. Now, while I\u2019m crying\u2014I just remember\/this is such a gift from God\u2014while I am weeping like I had never wept before, because my mom was <em>the<\/em> most special person in my life, besides my wife, I was <em>happy<\/em> for various reasons. [Emotion in voice] I\u2019d had her for 28 years\u2014I said that\u2014\u201cThank You; thank You that I had such a mom for 28 years. Thank You that she didn\u2019t suffer from what they said.\u201d I had other reasons\u2014I was <em>deeply, joyfully thankful<\/em> for lots of reasons\u2014while I\u2019m just <em>pouring<\/em> out my grief. I thought to myself, \u201cThat really is possible!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I think that\u2019s a picture of marriage in some ways. You have both: there\u2019s grief; there\u2019s anguish; there\u2019s desperation; hopefully, there\u2019s joy\/there\u2019s hopefulness. Yet, I think we live in a culture that says, \u201cIf you feel any of the grief and sorrow, you shouldn\u2019t feel that; you\u2019re done. This marriage isn\u2019t going to be worth\u2026.\u201d But you\u2019re saying, \u201cNo, both of those can be true in a marriage as well\u201d; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and probably in a family. We could even go as far as to say, \u201c\u2026in a family.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes, anybody who says you should get out of a marriage, where you find some discomfort, is crazy. Marriage is the best school of sanctification ever designed by God. When you say, \u201cI do for better or for worse,\u201d you better mean both of those; because they\u2019re both coming. I\u2019m just appalled\/I\u2019m <em>appalled<\/em> at how many Christian pastors don\u2019t take that seriously in their counseling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What about the single person, who is wondering, \u201cIs there one person picked out for me\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Oh, that\u2019s a good question.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014in God\u2019s providence? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She\u2019s sitting right there. [Laughter] There she is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> That\u2019s true.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s my one.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> That\u2019s true; the answer\u2019s, \u201cYes and no.\u201d I mean, \u201cIs there one?\u201d The answer\u2019s, \u201cYes and no.\u201d Yes, in the sense that God is sovereign and decides right now who you\u2019re going to marry, and you\u2019ll marry her; it\u2019s going to happen. \u201cDid I marry the one that God had appointed?\u201d\u2014\u201cYes, you did.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome people ask me, \u201cHow will I know if I\u2019m married to the right person?\u201d I say, \u201cLook at that name on the wedding certificate. [Laughter] That is how you <em>know<\/em>. I know who you should be married to\u2014the one you\u2019re married to.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>\u2014which is good to hear; because we\u2019ve had people come up to us at conferences and say, \u201cWe got drunk in Vegas, and we got married. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cObviously, that was not God\u2019s will.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper: <\/strong>Getting married that way is not God\u2019s will. That they are married, you learn from the Bible what to do with <em>that<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut let\u2019s get more specific about, \u201cIs there one?\u201d What people are really wrestling with, when they say that is, \u201cOf all the people I might meet, know, date, get serious about, might I miss him?\u201d In that sense, \u201cGod has one picked out I might miss.\u201d Providence would say, \u201cNo; you won\u2019t miss God\u2019s one.\u201d God\u2019s providence means you are appointed to marry this person. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, which gets me back to the point, Dave, that providence does not dictate duty. Duty is: \u201cDon\u2019t marry an unbeliever,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s in the Bible\u2014so it\u2019s sin to just go off, get drunk, get married. But it\u2019s compounded sin to throw that wife away! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, I would say to a single person, who\u2019s wondering\u2014I\u2019d say, \u201cLet the Bible guide whom you admire; but don\u2019t burden yourself with being God, trying to discern whether there some ideal person out there: \u2018She happens to be a missionary in Northern India, and I goofed it up and married a woman in London.\u2019 That\u2019s not going to happen.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> My friend, who married someone\u2014who was in Bible college at the time, and was passionate for the Lord; and who, three years later, said, \u201cI don\u2019t believe this anymore,\u201d\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014she\u2019s wondering about the providence of God as she raises her three children with a persistently unbelieving spouse. Prodigal kids are painful. A prodigal spouse\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes; I keep coming back to this principle that the providence that creates what we perceive as a problem is the same providence that gives you the grace and the power to sustain it. In this case, as she looks back, it\u2019s a <em>bitter<\/em> providence that her husband has, for now, thrown away the faith. That\u2019s a <em>bitter<\/em>, bitter providence.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI use that phrase, because that\u2019s the way Ruth\/the Book of Ruth is written\u2014there\u2019s a bitter providence\u2014Naomi had a <em>bitter<\/em> providence. <em>But<\/em> if she were to say, \u201cOkay; I\u2019m done with God. I\u2019m done with that sovereignty stuff; I\u2019m done with that providence stuff, because look at the hand I\u2019ve been dealt,\u201d\u2014if she did that\u2014what becomes of her children?\u2014what becomes of hope?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would say the very power that let her [Bob\u2019s friend\u2019s] husband go\u2014but might, in fact, bring him back, because only providence can\u2014is the providence that will enable her to raise <em>godly sons<\/em>. I would just say to this woman: \u201cYou feel right now, \u2018How will these boys ever turn out?\u2014because their dad\u2019s a skeptic; he sows seeds of unbelief all that time.\u2019\u201d My answer is: \u201cGod is God, and He has a grace: \u2018My God is able to supply all grace towards you so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times you may abound in every good work.\u2019 [Paraphrase] You\u2019re a mom that\u2019s called to do heroic things right not that you never signed up for. God\u2019s going to help you! He can bring your sons. Guess what, ma\u2019am?\u2014you can have a perfect family, where they all go wrong.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019m sitting here, thinking, \u201cI am that son in some ways.\u201d The providence of God, as my dad walked out with women and alcohol, my single mom, in the \u201860s, held onto God; and here I am. I\u2019m not sitting here, saying, \u201cI\u2019m the most amazing man you\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> No, no, no; that\u2019s glorious.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>But God\u2019s providence raised a man of God from a situation you would think, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t happen.\u201d God did that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Absolutely.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> He\u2019ll do it, and He can do it for you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m curious. We all listen to you, and we all admire so many things; but one of the things I\u2019ve always loved is your <em>passion<\/em> for God. How have you developed that great love and dependency? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> I can talk about the kinds of things that I do to fight the fight of faith but I think I have very little control over who I am in terms of what comes out of me spontaneously. I think the Lord has enabled me to fight battles to protect myself from crazy life-, and marriage-, and ministry-destroying sins. I think the answer is: \u201cGod just does what He does as far as shaping the depths of a person\u2019s soul.\u201d Now my job, I think now, is to keep myself: \u201cKeep yourself in the love of God,\u201d Jude says; why do you do that? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis morning\u2014actually, I use an iPad\u2014I\u2019ve got a Bible in my hand here, a paper Bible\u2014I read four or five chapters of the Bible every day\u2014I take an <em>hour<\/em>\u2014I turn it all into prayer: I cry out for my wife; I cry out for my sons; I cry out for <em>Desiring God<\/em>; Bethlehem Baptist Church; Bethlehem College and Seminary. I pray in these concentric circles. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe biggest sinner I know is John Piper. My\u2014the one that\u2019s most vulnerable to falling away, and becoming discouraged and hopeless is <em>me<\/em>; so I\u2019m praying a lot about <em>me<\/em>. That\u2019s my warfare strategy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen I have two guys that I meet with, and they know everything I know. I share everything with them. Yesterday morning we were on Zoom; we still do it by Zoom. We used to do it in person. We pour out our hearts to each other and pray earnestly for each other. We\u2019ve seen God do wonders in each other\u2019s lives. I have some strategies; but I don\u2019t think those strategies make us who we are, but they <em>protect<\/em> us from being <em>deceived<\/em> into unbelief. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That investment of your time\u2014we are the beneficiaries of it\u2014because books like this about providence can\u2019t come out of a life that is not set apart the way you have chosen to set apart your life. We are grateful\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014as the beneficiaries, grateful for the time you spent with us this week and for what we have here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI hope our listeners will take advantage of this resource that you have provided\u2014this gift you\u2019re giving to the body of Christ\u2014this new book, <em>Providence<\/em>. It\u2019s a book we\u2019ve got in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can order it from us today, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call to order: 1-800-358-6329 is the number\u20141-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, if you have not checked your calendar recently, you might want to check it. Valentine\u2019s Day is right around the corner. We don\u2019t want you to be caught empty- handed when Valentine\u2019s Day gets here. David Robbins is the president of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. He\u2019s here with us today. David, our team has been working hard on a resource that is\u2014it\u2019s a date box called <em>Dates to Remember<\/em>\u2014it\u2019s designed to help couples have some purposeful and intentional conversations about their marriage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tValentine\u2019s Day can be a launch point for a series of dates you can do together. But the purpose of this date box is about more than a fun, romantic evening together. There is something bigger at work here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>David:<\/strong> Yes, throughout the decades of FamilyLife, one of the things we have been known for, as a trademark of this ministry, is creating intentional moments for couples and for families to process the next layer together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think one of the <em>best<\/em> things about this date box is\u2014you have a lot of fun with it; there\u2019s some fun great moments\u2014but it takes you into that next layer. It takes you beyond what you would talk about when you\u2019re just going on a date night, out to dinner\u2014which is a beautiful thing; please keep those rhythms; go for that; keep it going\u2014but sometimes, we just need that little kick-starter to get to the next level\/to get to the next layer to grow an emotional and spiritual intimacy that increases our physical intimacy as a result. I think this date box is a <em>great<\/em> tool to get past a few layers of the onion, of where we get stuck, and to grow into deeper intimacy in a really intentional moment. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s what the date box is all about. I hope listeners will check it out; go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. You can order it from us online, or you can call to order. If you have any questions about it, call 1-800-FL-TODAY. This is a great resource for you to have, whether Valentine\u2019s Day was coming or not, to be spending time building into your marriage. Again, check it out; go to FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTomorrow, we\u2019re going to talk about the kind of regular marriage maintenance all of us ought to be doing: \u201cWhat are some habits or disciplines we need to integrate into the schedule of our lives?\u201d We\u2019ll talk more about that with Ron Deal. 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Dave and Ann Wilson talk with John Piper about crying out to God in our distress, knowing His providence ensures NOTHING is impossible!","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylife.com\/fl2021-01-27.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Something very unusual\/something supernatural happened in John Piper\u2019s life when he learned of his mother\u2019s death.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper: <\/strong>I get the phone call. My brother-in-law says, \u201cYour mom was in a bus accident. She didn\u2019t make it; your dad may not make it.\u201d While I am weeping like I had never wept before, I was <em>happy<\/em> [emotion in voice]: \u201cThank You. Thank You that I had such a mom for 28 years. Thank You that she didn\u2019t suffer from what they said.\u201d I thought to myself, \u201cTo be simultaneously heartbroken, and content, and joyful\u2014that really is possible!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, January 27<sup>th<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I'm Bob Lepine. You can find us online at FamilyLifeToday.com. To be able to simultaneously have heartbreak and joy, that requires an understanding of the providence of God. We\u2019ll talk more about that today with John Piper. Stay with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. We\u2019ve been spending some time this week just acknowledging the fact that life is hard and, at the same time, that God is good. I think there was a song years ago\u2014that was the chorus: \u201cLife is hard, but God is good,\u201d\u2014those are both true. The more we can understand: \u201cYes, life is hard; and we shouldn\u2019t pretend like it isn\u2019t,\u201d and \u201cYes, God is good; and we should never forget His goodness,\u201d the better off we\u2019ll be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> The difficulty comes when it\u2019s hard to remember God\u2019s goodness in the <em>middle<\/em> of life\u2019s hardness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, that\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s simultaneously <em>true<\/em>; but sometimes, when you\u2019re in the dark cave, you<em> forget<\/em>; and you have to be reminded. That\u2019s why it\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> program to talk about that today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> I think\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Who\u2019s this man over here talking? We haven\u2019t introduced him yet. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is our friend, Dr. John Piper, who wants to sneak into the conversation. Welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>What is it that you wanted to add there?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper: <\/strong>Seeing the goodness of God in some <em>horrific<\/em> calamity\u2014globally, or nationally, or personally\u2014<em>demands<\/em> that Christians be <em>taught<\/em> what the Bible teaches about suffering before they\u2019re in it. You can\u2019t take a person, weeping their eyes out, and give them five verses that state purposes for their suffering. That has to come at a moment when the mind is eager, and ready, and reflective on text. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut we won\u2019t see the goodness of God in the horror of an event unless we\u2019ve been taught, say, four or five places in the Bible. Let me just give one as an example that I think has helped me so many times. When Paul said at the end of 2 Corinthians 1, \u201cWe were so unbearably crushed, we despaired of life itself.\u201d Then he adds a <em>purpose<\/em> clause, \u201c\u2026that was to make us rely upon God, who raises the dead.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou say, \u201cWhose purpose was that?\u201d It wasn\u2019t Satan\u2019s purpose to make him rely on God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, you have just completed this book on providence we\u2019ve been talking about this week, where you dive into and apply the understanding of God\u2019s good, kind sovereign control over humanity to the hard issues that we face; things like, I\u2019m thinking of a young woman, who desperately wants to be a mom, and every month gets the news, \u201cNot this month.\u201d She goes to the doctor and the doctor says, \u201cYou\u2019re not going to be a mom, biologically.\u201d She\u2019s going, \u201cI know this is to cause me to rely on God, but the grief I\u2019m experiencing is so overwhelming that it\u2019s hard to see the goodness of God in the midst of this kind of infertility.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes, that it\u2019s hard is an understatement. The Bible is unmistakably clear that God opens and closes the womb; so the remedy\u2014the answer, the solution, the approach\u2014to her agony is not to lie to her\u2014she knows better than that\u2014and say, \u201cWell, God didn\u2019t will this; this is Satan closing your womb,\u201d or \u201cGod didn\u2019t will this; this is <em>fate<\/em>,\u201d or something like that. You don\u2019t <em>lie<\/em> to people to help them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf I were dealing with that woman in my church, I would take her hand and say, \u201cI don\u2019t know what God has for you, but I know it\u2019s good.\u201d I might go to this text that I jotted down here a few days ago [Isaiah 56:4]: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\twho choose the things that please Me\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tand hold fast My covenant,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI will give in My house, within My walls,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\ta monument and a name\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tbetter than sons and daughters;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI will give them an everlasting name\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tthat shall never be cut off.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA single woman in her 50s brought me this text; she found this text to be <em>life<\/em>. Probably, it wasn\u2019t automatic; it wasn\u2019t without struggle. It wasn\u2019t without months and years of hoping, and grief, and wondering: \u201cDo you keep praying?\u201d or \u201cDo you not keep praying?\u201d\u2014but [she says]\u2014\u201cThis is a name for me better than sons and daughters. I don\u2019t know quite what that is, but it\u2019s better; God says it\u2019s better. I\u2019m going to believe it\u2019s better\u201d; so she picks up and moves on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere have been single women in our church over the years. I was there for 33 years, and I watched some of these women who dreamed. Then the dream faded, and God met them with such life-giving hope that they were flourishing, rich in ministry and relationships; that\u2019s what this kind of sovereignty can do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe sovereignty that closed the womb or stopped the relationship from happening, that sovereignty <em>is<\/em> the very sovereignty that enables her to count on: \u201cA God, who\u2019s going to give me something better than sons and daughters.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You just mentioned this earlier\u2014the issue of providence and prodigals\u2014something you\u2019ve lived through. You shared with us, openly, before about having a prodigal as you were raising your kids. How were you thinking about the kind providence of God while one of your kids was away, and not communicating with you, and didn\u2019t want anything to do with you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes, I think I want to say two things in public. Number one: I have five children, and I believe I would die for all of them in a minute. I would die, in less than a minute, for their salvation. That\u2019s the first thing I want to say: \u201cI love my children, even those who are not walking the way I think they should with Jesus.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe second thing I\u2019d say is the providence that has brought us to this point is <em>not<\/em> <em>finished<\/em>. I\u2019d want to say that to <em>every<\/em> parent, who says, \u201cHow can God <em>blank<\/em>?\u201d I would say, \u201cYou don\u2019t know what He\u2019s going to do tomorrow. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; \u201cThe story\u2019s not over.\u201d\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> \u201cYou do not know what this providence, that you are about to criticize, might do miraculously tomorrow. You <em>need<\/em> providence!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat\u2019s the third thing I\u2019d say now is that: \u201cIf there is hope for any of us\u2014we were all prodigals once\u2014that providence is our only hope for salvation.\u201d When the rich young man turned away, and Jesus said, \u201cIt\u2019s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of heaven.\u201d The disciples threw up their hands and said, \u201cThen who can be saved?\u201d Jesus didn\u2019t say, \u201cOh, I guess I overstated it.\u201d He said: \u201cNobody,\u201d\u2014\u201cWith man, it is impossible; but with God, all things are possible.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m going to take other parents by the hand and say, \u201cLet\u2019s get on our faces and lay hold on God for the miracle.\u201d All\/I mean, we were singing the other day in worship this song: [singing] \u201cPower, power, power in Jesus\u2019 name.\u201d My hands are in the air, tears on my face, and I\u2019m saying, \u201cGod, You\u2019ve got all the power in the universe for my family. <em>Just say the word!<\/em>\u201d Remember the guy, who comes to Jesus, and says, \u201cMy child, my child\u2026just say the word!\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Because he knew He had the power.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> It\u2019s not an issue of <em>power<\/em>. It\u2019s just if\u2014I don\u2019t know why\u2014just talk about perplexities\u2014I don\u2019t know why\/why this delay: \u201cJust say the word to the dead bones, \u2018Live!\u2019\u201d The bones began to rattle, and they were clothed with flesh, and the heart of stone comes out; the heart of flesh goes in; a new creature\u2019s born\u2014that\u2019s God! There is no hope for salvation without the doctrine of sovereign providence.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You keep hoping in that; your child keeps wandering farther. In some cases, parents get the news that a child has died, apparently, unrepentant. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes; here\u2019s, emotionally, how I get help in that eventuality, which hasn\u2019t happened yet, but could. Paul in Romans 9:2\u2014it says he wrote, \u201cI am in unceasing anguish.\u201d And Paul said, \u201cRejoice always; and again, I say, \u2018Rejoice\u2026always!\u2019\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m in unceasing anguish.\u201d You\u2019ve got joy; \u201cso I\u2019ve got unceasing anguish, because of my kinsmen, because they\u2019ve rejected Christ!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne chapter later, Chapter 10, verse 1, it says, \u201cMy heart\u2019s desire and prayer to God for them is that they might be saved,\u201d even though he says one chapter later, \u201ca hardening has come upon Israel until the full number of the Gentiles comes in.\u201d He <em>knows<\/em> that those who are not saved are not saved because of a decreed hardness of heart. Paul\u2019s got all this theology in his head; and you watch the man live, day and night\u2014he goes to bed at night, weeping over Jews; he gets up, weeping over Jews\u2014and yet, he\u2019s the happiest man there is\u2014go figure! He says in 2 Corinthians 6:10, \u201c\u2026sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> The mystery of the Christian life is: \u201cIs that really possible?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> I mean, in real life, can you be sad and joyful simultaneously? My answer is: \u201cYes.\u201d Number one, because the Bible says so; and number two, because I\u2019ve tasted it. I mean, I\u2019ve <em>tasted<\/em> it. When my\u2014I\u2019ll give you a little picture\u2014my mother was killed in a bus accident when I was 28 years old. Never had any suffering in my life of any substantial. I get the phone call. My brother-in-law says, \u201cYour mom was in a bus accident. She didn\u2019t make it; your dad may not make it. I don\u2019t know anything else right now. I\u2019ll call you back.\u201d I hang it up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy little two-year-old is holding onto my leg: \u201cDaddy\u2019s sad,\u201d \u201cDaddy\u2019s sad.\u201d My wife could hear. I walked back to my room, kneeled down, cried for two hours. Now, while I\u2019m crying\u2014I just remember\/this is such a gift from God\u2014while I am weeping like I had never wept before, because my mom was <em>the<\/em> most special person in my life, besides my wife, I was <em>happy<\/em> for various reasons. [Emotion in voice] I\u2019d had her for 28 years\u2014I said that\u2014\u201cThank You; thank You that I had such a mom for 28 years. Thank You that she didn\u2019t suffer from what they said.\u201d I had other reasons\u2014I was <em>deeply, joyfully thankful<\/em> for lots of reasons\u2014while I\u2019m just <em>pouring<\/em> out my grief. I thought to myself, \u201cThat really is possible!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I think that\u2019s a picture of marriage in some ways. You have both: there\u2019s grief; there\u2019s anguish; there\u2019s desperation; hopefully, there\u2019s joy\/there\u2019s hopefulness. Yet, I think we live in a culture that says, \u201cIf you feel any of the grief and sorrow, you shouldn\u2019t feel that; you\u2019re done. This marriage isn\u2019t going to be worth\u2026.\u201d But you\u2019re saying, \u201cNo, both of those can be true in a marriage as well\u201d; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and probably in a family. We could even go as far as to say, \u201c\u2026in a family.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes, anybody who says you should get out of a marriage, where you find some discomfort, is crazy. Marriage is the best school of sanctification ever designed by God. When you say, \u201cI do for better or for worse,\u201d you better mean both of those; because they\u2019re both coming. I\u2019m just appalled\/I\u2019m <em>appalled<\/em> at how many Christian pastors don\u2019t take that seriously in their counseling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What about the single person, who is wondering, \u201cIs there one person picked out for me\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Oh, that\u2019s a good question.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014in God\u2019s providence? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She\u2019s sitting right there. [Laughter] There she is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> That\u2019s true.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s my one.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> That\u2019s true; the answer\u2019s, \u201cYes and no.\u201d I mean, \u201cIs there one?\u201d The answer\u2019s, \u201cYes and no.\u201d Yes, in the sense that God is sovereign and decides right now who you\u2019re going to marry, and you\u2019ll marry her; it\u2019s going to happen. \u201cDid I marry the one that God had appointed?\u201d\u2014\u201cYes, you did.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome people ask me, \u201cHow will I know if I\u2019m married to the right person?\u201d I say, \u201cLook at that name on the wedding certificate. [Laughter] That is how you <em>know<\/em>. I know who you should be married to\u2014the one you\u2019re married to.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann: <\/strong>\u2014which is good to hear; because we\u2019ve had people come up to us at conferences and say, \u201cWe got drunk in Vegas, and we got married. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cObviously, that was not God\u2019s will.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper: <\/strong>Getting married that way is not God\u2019s will. That they are married, you learn from the Bible what to do with <em>that<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut let\u2019s get more specific about, \u201cIs there one?\u201d What people are really wrestling with, when they say that is, \u201cOf all the people I might meet, know, date, get serious about, might I miss him?\u201d In that sense, \u201cGod has one picked out I might miss.\u201d Providence would say, \u201cNo; you won\u2019t miss God\u2019s one.\u201d God\u2019s providence means you are appointed to marry this person. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, which gets me back to the point, Dave, that providence does not dictate duty. Duty is: \u201cDon\u2019t marry an unbeliever,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s in the Bible\u2014so it\u2019s sin to just go off, get drunk, get married. But it\u2019s compounded sin to throw that wife away! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, I would say to a single person, who\u2019s wondering\u2014I\u2019d say, \u201cLet the Bible guide whom you admire; but don\u2019t burden yourself with being God, trying to discern whether there some ideal person out there: \u2018She happens to be a missionary in Northern India, and I goofed it up and married a woman in London.\u2019 That\u2019s not going to happen.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> My friend, who married someone\u2014who was in Bible college at the time, and was passionate for the Lord; and who, three years later, said, \u201cI don\u2019t believe this anymore,\u201d\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014she\u2019s wondering about the providence of God as she raises her three children with a persistently unbelieving spouse. Prodigal kids are painful. A prodigal spouse\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Yes; I keep coming back to this principle that the providence that creates what we perceive as a problem is the same providence that gives you the grace and the power to sustain it. In this case, as she looks back, it\u2019s a <em>bitter<\/em> providence that her husband has, for now, thrown away the faith. That\u2019s a <em>bitter<\/em>, bitter providence.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI use that phrase, because that\u2019s the way Ruth\/the Book of Ruth is written\u2014there\u2019s a bitter providence\u2014Naomi had a <em>bitter<\/em> providence. <em>But<\/em> if she were to say, \u201cOkay; I\u2019m done with God. I\u2019m done with that sovereignty stuff; I\u2019m done with that providence stuff, because look at the hand I\u2019ve been dealt,\u201d\u2014if she did that\u2014what becomes of her children?\u2014what becomes of hope?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would say the very power that let her [Bob\u2019s friend\u2019s] husband go\u2014but might, in fact, bring him back, because only providence can\u2014is the providence that will enable her to raise <em>godly sons<\/em>. I would just say to this woman: \u201cYou feel right now, \u2018How will these boys ever turn out?\u2014because their dad\u2019s a skeptic; he sows seeds of unbelief all that time.\u2019\u201d My answer is: \u201cGod is God, and He has a grace: \u2018My God is able to supply all grace towards you so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times you may abound in every good work.\u2019 [Paraphrase] You\u2019re a mom that\u2019s called to do heroic things right not that you never signed up for. God\u2019s going to help you! He can bring your sons. Guess what, ma\u2019am?\u2014you can have a perfect family, where they all go wrong.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019m sitting here, thinking, \u201cI am that son in some ways.\u201d The providence of God, as my dad walked out with women and alcohol, my single mom, in the \u201860s, held onto God; and here I am. I\u2019m not sitting here, saying, \u201cI\u2019m the most amazing man you\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> No, no, no; that\u2019s glorious.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave: <\/strong>But God\u2019s providence raised a man of God from a situation you would think, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t happen.\u201d God did that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Absolutely.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> He\u2019ll do it, and He can do it for you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m curious. We all listen to you, and we all admire so many things; but one of the things I\u2019ve always loved is your <em>passion<\/em> for God. How have you developed that great love and dependency? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> I can talk about the kinds of things that I do to fight the fight of faith but I think I have very little control over who I am in terms of what comes out of me spontaneously. I think the Lord has enabled me to fight battles to protect myself from crazy life-, and marriage-, and ministry-destroying sins. I think the answer is: \u201cGod just does what He does as far as shaping the depths of a person\u2019s soul.\u201d Now my job, I think now, is to keep myself: \u201cKeep yourself in the love of God,\u201d Jude says; why do you do that? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis morning\u2014actually, I use an iPad\u2014I\u2019ve got a Bible in my hand here, a paper Bible\u2014I read four or five chapters of the Bible every day\u2014I take an <em>hour<\/em>\u2014I turn it all into prayer: I cry out for my wife; I cry out for my sons; I cry out for <em>Desiring God<\/em>; Bethlehem Baptist Church; Bethlehem College and Seminary. I pray in these concentric circles. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe biggest sinner I know is John Piper. My\u2014the one that\u2019s most vulnerable to falling away, and becoming discouraged and hopeless is <em>me<\/em>; so I\u2019m praying a lot about <em>me<\/em>. That\u2019s my warfare strategy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen I have two guys that I meet with, and they know everything I know. I share everything with them. Yesterday morning we were on Zoom; we still do it by Zoom. We used to do it in person. We pour out our hearts to each other and pray earnestly for each other. We\u2019ve seen God do wonders in each other\u2019s lives. I have some strategies; but I don\u2019t think those strategies make us who we are, but they <em>protect<\/em> us from being <em>deceived<\/em> into unbelief. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That investment of your time\u2014we are the beneficiaries of it\u2014because books like this about providence can\u2019t come out of a life that is not set apart the way you have chosen to set apart your life. We are grateful\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dr. Piper:<\/strong> Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014as the beneficiaries, grateful for the time you spent with us this week and for what we have here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI hope our listeners will take advantage of this resource that you have provided\u2014this gift you\u2019re giving to the body of Christ\u2014this new book, <em>Providence<\/em>. It\u2019s a book we\u2019ve got in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can order it from us today, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call to order: 1-800-358-6329 is the number\u20141-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, if you have not checked your calendar recently, you might want to check it. Valentine\u2019s Day is right around the corner. We don\u2019t want you to be caught empty- handed when Valentine\u2019s Day gets here. David Robbins is the president of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. He\u2019s here with us today. David, our team has been working hard on a resource that is\u2014it\u2019s a date box called <em>Dates to Remember<\/em>\u2014it\u2019s designed to help couples have some purposeful and intentional conversations about their marriage. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tValentine\u2019s Day can be a launch point for a series of dates you can do together. But the purpose of this date box is about more than a fun, romantic evening together. There is something bigger at work here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>David:<\/strong> Yes, throughout the decades of FamilyLife, one of the things we have been known for, as a trademark of this ministry, is creating intentional moments for couples and for families to process the next layer together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think one of the <em>best<\/em> things about this date box is\u2014you have a lot of fun with it; there\u2019s some fun great moments\u2014but it takes you into that next layer. It takes you beyond what you would talk about when you\u2019re just going on a date night, out to dinner\u2014which is a beautiful thing; please keep those rhythms; go for that; keep it going\u2014but sometimes, we just need that little kick-starter to get to the next level\/to get to the next layer to grow an emotional and spiritual intimacy that increases our physical intimacy as a result. I think this date box is a <em>great<\/em> tool to get past a few layers of the onion, of where we get stuck, and to grow into deeper intimacy in a really intentional moment. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s what the date box is all about. I hope listeners will check it out; go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. You can order it from us online, or you can call to order. If you have any questions about it, call 1-800-FL-TODAY. This is a great resource for you to have, whether Valentine\u2019s Day was coming or not, to be spending time building into your marriage. Again, check it out; go to FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTomorrow, we\u2019re going to talk about the kind of regular marriage maintenance all of us ought to be doing: \u201cWhat are some habits or disciplines we need to integrate into the schedule of our lives?\u201d We\u2019ll talk more about that with Ron Deal. 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