What do you understand by the providence of God?

Heidelberg Catechism

~Providence

Question 27. What do you understand by the providence of God?

Answer. The almighty, everywhere-present power of God,[1] whereby, as it were by His hand, He still upholds heaven and earth with all creatures,[2] and so governs them that herbs and grass, rain and drought,[3] fruitful and barren years, meat and drink,[4] health and sickness,[5] riches and poverty,[6] indeed, all things come not by chance,[7] but by His fatherly hand.[8]

[1] Jer 23:23-24; Acts 17:24-28;
[2] Heb 1:3;
[3] Jer 5:24;
[4] Acts 14:15-17;
[5] Jn 9:3;
[6] Job 1:21; Ps 103:19; Prov 22:2; Rom 5:3-5;
[7] Prov 16:33;
[8] Mt 10:29; Eph 1:1