Laws of Nature by John Macduff
Isaiah chapter 29 verse 6 In an instant I, the Lord Almighty,
will come against them with thunder and earthquake and great noise,
with whirlwind and storm and consuming fire. Let us not dethrone
and undeify the great maker and sustainer by substituting for
his sovereign rule what are commonly called the laws of nature. Winds and earthquakes and tempests
are not the capricious outbreaks of unregulated mechanical force. The world's vast machinery, with
all its varied and intricate movements, is under God's supervision
and control. He holds the winds in his fists.
He gathers the waters in the hollow of his hand. He makes
the clouds his chariot. He directs the snow to fall on
the earth and tells the rain to pour down. This offers a lesson
of soothing consolation to many a stricken heart. That lightning
which struck down my child was an arrow out of the quiver of
God. that wave which swept him from
the vessel's side, or that hurricane which overthrew my dwelling,
and buried loved ones in the ruins, had their pathway marked
out by God. He brings forth the lightning
out of his treasuries. He gives the sea its decree.
He walks on the wings of the wind. All things are subservient
to the controlling will and purposes of the Most High God. I am the
Lord and there is no other. I form the light and create darkness. I bring prosperity and create
disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things. Isaiah chapter 45 verses 6 and
7.