| The Best Things in Life |
Chapter 20 |
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The little prayer is singular – “Thou wilt show me the path.” Does the great and glorious God actually give thought to individual human lives? We can conceive that he might direct the career of certain great men, whose lives are of importance in the world; but will he show common people the way? Will he guide a poor man or a little child? The Bible teaches that he will. He feeds the sparrows. He clothes the lilies. He calls the stars by their names. Then the Bible is full of expressions of God’s interest in individuals. Jesus taught this truth when he said that the Good Shepherd Psalm has it, too – “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He leadeth me.”
Let no one think that he is only one of a crowd in God’s thought. Each believer has his own place, and is cared for just as if he were the only one. God loves us as individuals – he could not really love us in any other way. He knows always where we are and what our circumstances are. God’s Will refers to the smallest matters, and takes in the smallest events in each life. A Spanish proverb says, “A leaf stirs not on the tree without the Will of God.” God’s hand is in every event. We talk of the laws of nature, and say that nothing ever gets out of their grasp. But what is nature? It is not something independent of God. The laws of nature are simply God’s laws. Nothing takes place that is contrary to the divine will. Nothing – no storm, no earthquake, no cyclone, no tidal wave, ever gets out of God’s control. Natural law rules in everything, and natural law is simply the power of God manifesting itself. This world is not controlled by chance, nor by any blind fate, but by him who loved us so much that he gave his son to die for us. W need not hesitate, therefore, to accept the truth that God will show each one of us the path.
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