Seeing God everywhere and al1 things upheld by Him is not a matter of sanctity, but of plain sanity, because God is everywhere and all things are upheld by Him. What we do about it may be sanctity; but merely seeing it is sanity. To overlook God's presence is not simply to be irreligious: it is a kind of insanity. F. J. Sheed, Theology and Sanity
Psa 97:1 Jehovah reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of islands be glad. 2 Clouds and darkness are all around Him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of His throne. 3 A fire goes before Him and burns up His enemies round about. 4 His lightnings lit up the world; the earth saw and trembled. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of Jehovah of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare His righteousness, and all the people see His glory.
It cannot be denied that man is usually religious. Whether this is good or bad can be debated, but that the culture of mankind is saturated with religious influences cannot be denied. The study of the great religions of the world points up the fact that man has believed in many gods. It seems evident that man in all ages and places has given obedience to something he calls "god."
"It is certain . . . that . . . some things are in motion. Now whatever is moved is moved by another, for nothing can be moved except it is in potentiality to that towards which it is moved. . . . If that by which it is moved be itself moved, then this also must needs be moved by another, and that by another again. But this cannot go on to infinity, because then there would be no first mover. . . . Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a first mover, moved by no other; and this everyone understands to be God". Thomas Aquinas 1225-74
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and without Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
There is an old story of a man who had just become a Christian. He was experiencing some of the difficulties that new Christians often have of uncertainty in his faith; he was wondering if he really was a Christian, and was feeling frustrated with his own lack of growth. He felt he had come to the place where he just could not stand any longer; he could not live as a Christian any more. He came into a church service where a pastor was speaking on the verses in Ephesians that tell of Christ being seated at the right hand of the Father, and that we are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God. He talked about Christ as the head of the body, and said that we are the body, and that Christ as the head is seated at the right hand of the Father.
As the truth of this gripped this man's heart, and he realized that although he was struggling to swim against the current down here below, his head was seated in victory and triumph already at the right hand of God, he jumped out of his seat, and shouted, "Hallelujah! Who ever heard of anyone drowning with his head high above water!"
When we walk in the flesh, we are fighting a battle already lost; there is no chance, no hope of victory; but when we walk in the Spirit, the battle is already won.
“whoever enters God's rest also ceases from his labours as God did from his.” {Heb 4:10 RSV}
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