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was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass,
which is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how
much more will He clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not ye
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful
mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and
your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather
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seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto
you.”
Here Christ leads the mind abroad to contemplate the open fields
of nature, and His power touches the eye and the senses, to discern
the wonderful works of divine power. He directs attention first to
nature, then up through nature to nature’s God, who upholds the
worlds by His power.—
Manuscript 73, 1893.
Through Natural Laws
It is not to be supposed that a law is set in motion for the seed
to work itself, that the leaf appears because it must do so of itself.
God has laws that He has instituted, but they are only the servants
through which He effects results. It is through the immediate agency
of God that every tiny seed breaks through the earth and springs into
life. Every leaf grows, every flower blooms, by the power of God.
The physical organism of man is under the supervision of God,
but it is not like a clock, which is set in operation, and must go of
itself. The heart beats, pulse succeeds pulse, breath succeeds breath,
but the entire being is under the supervision of God. “Ye are God’s
husbandry; ye are God’s building.” In God we live, and move, and
have our being. Each heartbeat, each breath, is the inspiration of
Him who breathed into the nostrils of Adam the breath of life—the
inspiration of the ever-present God, the great I AM.—
The Review
and Herald, November 8, 1898.
God in Nature
Upon all created things is seen the impress of the Deity. Nature
testifies of God. The susceptible mind, brought in contact with
the miracle and mystery of the universe, cannot but recognize the
working of infinite power. Not by its own inherent energy does the