Two things spoke to me personally in today's reading. The first was in Job 9 where we find Job talking about how great God is as he describes the wonders of nature. He talks about how God commands the sun and it doesn't rise and how He sealeth up the stars... and how God's wonders are without number... Isn't that true? I often wonder how could one who studies nature really be an atheist, for creation testifies of an amazing Creator...
Referencing these passages of Job, Ellen White reminds us:
"He who studies most deeply into the mysteries of nature will realize most fully his own ignorance and weakness. He will realize that there are depths and heights which he cannot reach, secrets which he cannot penetrate, vast fields of truth lying before him unentered. He will be ready to say, with Newton, 'I seem to myself to have been like a child on the seashore finding pebbles and shells, while the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.'
The deepest students of science are constrained to recognize in nature the working of infinite power. But to man’s unaided reason, nature’s teaching cannot but be contradictory and disappointing. Only in the light of revelation can it be read aright. “Through faith we understand.” Hebrews 11:3. (Education, p. 134)The second thing I appreciated in today's reading is the reminder in Luke 16, of "He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much." How much this speaks of the character of someone, how much this speaks of our own character. Do we do our best even in the small jobs, even when no one is looking but God? We should! Faithfulness does not matter when it comes to the size of the task. True faithfulness is seen when even the little things or the least things or the least people are reached and served for God's glory.
Again EGW writes:
There are few who realize the influence of the little things of life upon the development of character. Nothing with which we have to do is really small. The varied circumstances that we meet day by day are designed to test our faithfulness and to qualify us for greater trusts... By faithfulness in that which is least they acquire strength to be faithful in greater matters.
An upright character is of greater worth than the gold of Ophir. Without it none can rise to an honorable eminence. But character is not inherited. It cannot be bought. Moral excellence and fine mental qualities are not the result of accident. The most precious gifts are of no value unless they are improved. The formation of a noble character is the work of a lifetime and must be the result of diligent and persevering effort. God gives opportunities; success depends upon the use made of them. (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 222-223)God's details of love are seen in Creation... and our love is also shown in how we treat the details of life! Little things truly do make a big difference for the kingdom...
Tomorrow's Reading: Job 11-12 and Luke 17
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