"Whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it. ... That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past." Here is a Scriptural statement of God as creative Principle and of His creation established from everlasting to everlasting —all being and action included in what is termed past and future governed by a fixed purpose and operating in the living present.
And yet almost every waking hour mortals are faced with the incessant suggestion that there is some immediate or future action that has to be decided. In spite of sincere and prayerful efforts, mistakes may sometimes occur. This can only be because one has accepted the human picture of personal activities subject to chance and change, instead of abiding steadfastly in the realization that man's every thought and act is appointed of God.
The multiplication table does not have to decide how it shall function. It operates inevitably according to the unerring rules of mathematics. In music, the greatest symphony and the simplest song are governed by basic laws of harmony. So man's every thought, word, and act is determined by his Principle, God.
