Growth Comes From God
They shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine. Hosea 14:7. The change of heart by which we become children of God is in the Bible spoken of as birth. Again, it is compared to the germination of the good seed sown by the husbandman. In like manner those who are just converted to […]
The Heavenly Sower
Behold, a sower went forth to sow. Matthew 13:3. In the East the state of affairs was so unsettled, and there was so great danger from violence that the people dwelt chiefly in walled towns, and the husbandmen went forth daily to their labor outside the walls. So Christ, the heavenly Sower, went forth to sow. […]
God’s Power in Nature and Us
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. Romans 1:20, NIV. In the cultivation of the soil the thoughtful worker will find that treasures little dreamed of are opening up before him. No […]
God’s Creative Energy Upholds the Universe
He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call. Psalm 147:8, 9, NIV. While the Bible should hold the first place in the education of children and youth, the book of nature […]
God’s Words Created His Works
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Psalm 33:6. The material world is under God’s control. The laws that govern all nature are obeyed by nature. Everything speaks and acts the will of the Creator. The clouds, the rain, the dew, […]
Yielding to the Master Potter
But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of Thy hand. Isaiah 64:8. While the human agent is devising and planning for himself something that God has withheld him from doing, he has a hard time. He complains and frets, and has […]
