Of all there is to know – Sunday, December 05, 1954
Despite the misuse men have made of many things, the past century or so has been one of profound unfoldment of truth. The mind of man has been permitted by the Almighty to penetrate what to us have heretofore been unknown realms.
And because we have learned a little of what happens, and a little of why, we may make the mistake of supposing that we know much more than we know. Having learned a little of the laws of nature, having learned a little of the infinite forces of the universe, we would well remember always that we are but the discoverers, we are but the users, and not the creators of all that we consider to be ours.
We may, for example, prescribe specific remedies, but the actual healing process is in hands higher than ours. We may plow and plant and nourish, but the growing process is in hands higher than ours—and the ultimate answers are still beyond us.
Actually, it would seem that we are little better able, if at all, to answer some of the compelling questions that the Lord God asked of Job so many centuries ago, when he spake to him out of the whirlwind and said: “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? … Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? … Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? . . . Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all… Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? . . . Who provideth for the raven his food? . . . Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? . . . Hast thou give the horse strength? . , . Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? … Doth the eagle mount up at thy command?”1
The greater our knowledge the more we must realize how little we know of all there, is to know; and the greater should be our faith in all the “unseen” realities, and the greater our humility before Him who holds us and all else in His hands. *
1Job 38:4, 7, 16, 17, 18, 36, 41; 39:13, 19, 26, 27.
*Revised.
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December 05, 1954
Broadcast Number 1,320