Vol. 10 May-June, 1948 No. 3
DO THOSE WHO SAY
DO THOSE WHO SAY that everything is directly and positively out of God really believe it? If they do, why be so concerned about anything
regarding doctrine or life? If everything is out of God I cannot for a
moment believe that it can in any way be improved upon, or that it
ought to be modified, changed, or in any way different from what it
occurs. Why in the world should we, blundering, human creatures, try to
improve on what God is doing? It seems to me to be utter foolishness to
even want it different in any way, shape or form. This seems to me to
be a rather mysterious contradiction between their cherished belief and
their attitude and practice. For I see repeatedly that those who refuse
to budge from the idea that all is out of God, directly and
positively, are just as much riled up and ready for self-defense when
they think that anything unfair has been directed against them.
If I am ever convinced that all is out of God, and thus just the way
He wants it to be, then I shall float along in any and all
circumstances and conditions, in prosperity and adversity alike, with a
sublime consciousness that all is well and that there is no wrong and
no sin (for how could He sin?), all is good and perfect as it is, and
any change of it would only degrade it. Yes, thus would I believe and
act, because the Scriptures tell me that "whatsoever God doeth, it
shall be for the eon, nothing can be put to it, nor anything
taken from it." Eccl. 3:14.
E. A. L.
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