Calvin on Providence

Since I work in a job that depends to a great extent on banks being solvent, I've been reflecting on financial security and trusting the provision of God. This evening, I listened to Frank James talk about "The Calvin I Never Knew." He quoted from a letter that John Calvin wrote to another pastor who had suffered a great loss and I received a humble admonition:

"Our principal source of consolation consists in this: that by the good and admirable providence of God, the things that we consider adverse somehow contribute to our salvation. We defraud God unless each of us lives and dies in utter dependence upon his sovereign and good will."