Gods Sabbath

T HE S OURCE OF E VERYTHING

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gers He is in active communication with every part of His do minion. By His Spirit He is everywhere present. Through the agency of His Spirit and His angels He ministers to the children of men.” The Ministry of Healing , 416.1–417.2. Even non-believers trust in the predictability of the laws of nature that God has ordained. Celestial bodies do not drift ran domly through space, but follow a prescribed plan with unerring accuracy. When space shuttles are catapulted into outer space the courses of the planets are precisely calculated. They follow their settings with such exactness that any failure in the under taking rests with the human factor and never with their adher ence to the set course. When we consider the numberless stars, rushing at high speed through the universe, we are amazed at their accident free performance. Our God is such a perfect Plan Maker that there have never been any collisions on their course throughout history, apart from where sin has been introduced. “Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.” Isaiah 40:26. “He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.” Psalm 147:4. “In his right hand he held seven stars.” Revelation 1:16. The reliability of the position of the stars has been unques tioned to such an extent that for many centuries ships have nav igated their routes by looking to the stars. Our clocks and watch es are set to the precise movement of the starry heavens and Greenwich Mean Time is calculated with reference to the celestial bodies, Greenwich being the former site of the Royal Observatory. In these and many other ways, God’s position as Sustainer of the universe He has created is depended upon by everyone, whether they choose to believe it or not.

God the Plan Maker

The same Mind, infinite in wisdom, that has made perfect plans for whole galaxies, also has a plan for every one of us. In