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Unlimited in Power, February 16
He spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Psalm 33:9
.
Scientific research will open to the minds of the really wise vast fields of thought
and information. They will see God in His works, and will praise Him. He will
be to them first and best, and the mind will be centered upon Him. Skeptics, who
read the Bible for the sake of caviling, through ignorance claim to find decided
contradictions between science and revelation. But man’s measurement of God will
never be correct. The mind unenlightened by God’s Spirit will ever be in darkness
in regard to His power.
Spiritual things are spiritually discerned. Those who have no vital union with
God are swayed one way and another; they put men’s opinions in the front, and
God’s Word in the background. They grasp human assertions, that judgment against
sin is contrary to God’s benevolent character, and, while dwelling upon infinite
benevolence, try to forget that there is such a thing as infinite justice.
When we have right views of the power, greatness, and majesty of God, and of
the weakness of man, we shall despise the assumptions of wisdom made by earth’s
so-called great men, who have none of Heaven’s nobility in their characters. There
is nothing for which men should be praised or exalted. There is no reason why
the opinions of the learned should be trusted, when they are disposed to measure
divine things by their own perverted conceptions. Those who serve God are the only
ones whose opinion and example it is safe to follow. A sanctified heart quickens
and intensifies the mental powers. A living faith in God imparts energy; it gives
calmness and repose of spirit, and strength and nobility of character.
Men of science think that with their enlarged conceptions they can comprehend
the wisdom of God, that which He has done or can do. The idea largely prevails
that He is bounded and restricted by His own laws. Men either deny and ignore His
existence, or think to explain everything, even the operations of His Spirit upon the
human heart, by natural laws; and they no longer reverence His name or fear His
power. While they think they are gaining everything, they are chasing bubbles, and
losing precious opportunities to become acquainted with God. They do not believe
in the supernatural, not realizing that the Author of nature’s laws can work above
those laws. They deny the claims of God, and neglect the interests of their own
souls; but His existence, His character, His laws, are facts that the reasoning of men
of the highest attainments cannot overthrow....
Nature is a power, but the God of nature is unlimited in power. His works
interpret His character (
The Signs of the Times, March 13, 1884
).
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