God in Nature
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Even the mechanism of the human body cannot be fully understood; it
presents mysteries that baffle the most intelligent. Yet because human
science cannot in its research explain the ways and works of the Cre-
ator, men will doubt the existence of God, and ascribe infinite power
to nature. God’s existence, his character, his law, are facts that all the
reasoning of men of the highest attainments cannot controvert. They
deny the claims of God and neglect the interests of their souls, because
they cannot understand his ways and works. Yet God is ever seeking
to instruct finite men, that they may exercise faith in him, and trust
themselves wholly in his hands. Every drop of rain or flake of snow,
every spear of grass, every leaf and flower and shrub, testifies of God.
These little things, so common around us, teach the lesson that nothing
is beneath the notice of the infinite God, nothing is too small for his
attention.—
Unpublished Testimonies
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1196. “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow.” The graceful
forms and delicate hues of the plants and flowers may be copied by
human skill; but what touch can impart life to even one flower or
blade of grass? Every wayside blossom owes its being to the same
power that set the starry worlds on high. Through all created things
thrills one pulse of life from the great heart of God.... He who has
given you life, knows your need of food to sustain it. He who created
the body is not unmindful of your need of raiment. Will not he who
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has bestowed the greater gift, bestow also what is needed to make it
complete?—
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 136
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The Mystery of God
1197. God is to be acknowledged more from what he does not
reveal of himself than from that which is open to our limited com-
prehension. If men could comprehend the unsearchable wisdom of
God, and could explain that which he has done or can do, they would
no longer reverence him or fear his power. In divine revelation God
has given to men mysteries that are incomprehensible, to command
their faith. This must be so. If the ways and works of God could be
explained by finite minds, he would not stand as supreme. Men may
be ever searching, ever inquiring, ever learning, and yet there is an
infinity beyond. The light is shining, ever shining with increasing
brightness upon our pathway, if we but walk in its divine rays. But