GOD’S
WAYS/MAN’S WAYS

In the Kingdom of God the surest way to lose something is to try to protect it, and the best way to keep it is to let it go.…

Here is seen the glaring disparity between the ways of God and the ways of men. When the world takes its hands off a prized possession someone grabs it and disappears. Therefore the world must conserve by defending. So men hoard their heart’s treasures, lock up their possessions, protect their good name with libel laws, hedge themselves about with protective devices of every sort and guard their shores with powerful armed forces. This is all according to Adam’s philosophy which springs from his fallen nature and is confirmed by thousands of years of practical experience. To challenge it is to invite the scorn of mankind; and yet our Lord did challenge it.…

Between spiritual laws and the laws of human society there is a great gulf. In His wisdom God moves on the high road according to His eternal purposes; man on the low road moves along as best he can, improvising and muddling through according to no certain plan, hoping that things will come out all right and almost always seeing his hopes disappointed.

Isaiah 55:8–9; Matthew 16:24–26; Romans 11:33–36

Born After Midnight, 96, 97.