Chapter 6—A Knowledge of God
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From “Steps to Christ” by Mrs. E. G. White. By Permission of
Fleming H. Revell Co., publishers.
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Many are the ways in which God is seeking to make himself known
to us and to bring us into communion with him. Nature speaks to our
senses without ceasing. The open heart will be impressed with the
love and glory of God as revealed through the works of his hands.
The listening ear can hear and understand the communications of God
through the things of nature. The green fields, the lofty trees, the buds
and flowers, the passing cloud, the falling rain, the babbling brook, the
glories of the heavens, speak to our hearts, and invite us to become
acquainted with him who made them all.
Our Saviour bound up his precious lessons with the things of nature.
The trees, the birds, the flowers of the valley, the hills, the lakes, and
the beautiful heavens, as well as the incidents and surroundings of
daily life, were all linked with the words of truth, that his lessons might
thus be often recalled to mind, even amid the busy cares of man’s life
of toil.
God would have his children appreciate his works, and delight in
the simple, quiet beauty with which he has adorned our earthly home.
He is a lover of the beautiful, and above all that is outwardly attractive
he loves beauty of character; he would have us cultivate purity and
simplicity, the quiet graces of the flowers.
If we will but listen, God’s created works will teach us precious
lessons of obedience and trust. From the stars that in their trackless
course through space, follow from age to age their appointed path,
down to the minutest atom, the things of nature obey the Creator’s
will. And God cares for everything and sustains everything that he
has created. He who upholds the unnumbered worlds throughout
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immensity, at the same time cares for the wants of the little brown
sparrow that sings its humble song without a fear. When men go forth
to their daily toil, as when they engage in prayer; when they lie down
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