January 23 ~

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any that act wisely, that seek after God ...
Ps.14:2 (RSV)

Alas! -- when men don’t see God’s guiding hand
nor comprehend the marvel of His plan,
His purpose for this world. Such souls are blind
to His control of Nature and Mankind.

Blind to His Presence and Omnipotence,
they look to other realms for causal sense.
Not grasping that there is no second cause
they base their world-views on far lesser laws
inferred, in part, from God’s consistencies.
Not Him but His work-patterns do they see! --
nor b'lieve that God, in love, commands and sends
all things, both good and ill, that come to men.

"'Tis anything but God!" they loud insist,
then live by Folly’s passions, prejudice ...

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... in Him we live and move and have our being ... By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host ... For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast ... Who has commanded and it came to pass, unless the LORD has ordained it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and evil come? ... For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things ... for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him ... God is love ... the world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God abides forever ... all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself ... He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him ... The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God ...
Acts 17:28 (Amp); Ps.33:6,9 (NAS); Lam.3:37-38 (RSV); Rom.11:36 (NAS); 1 Jn.4:8, 2:17 (NAS); 2Cor.5:18 (Amp); 5:20 (NAS); Ps.14:1 (KJV).

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