Nature Can Teach Us About Divine Order

By Winifred Wilkinson Hausmann
 

Why is it that humankind seems to have so much difficulty in establishing harmony, right relationships, and orderly growth, while the animals, plants and birds go right along living as they are intended to live, doing what they are supposed to do?

All life forms have a built-in intelligence that enables them to adjust to their environment, complete a cycle of growth, and produce results that are expected of them by virtue of their nature. Yet humans seem to run into problems adjusting to their environment and getting along with others of their species. Why? How are humans different from the birds, trees, animals and plants?

The answer is that we have been given freedom of choice. That choice is part of divine order. Humans, as co-creators with God, can think consciously, make decisions (right or wrong), and determine the direction their lives will take. All other forms of life simply follow instinct. Only we can think of ourselves and say “I will” or “I won't.”

Turning Within
[Other] forms of life fulfill their purpose … by cooperating with divine law. Instinctively, they know what to do, and they do it. … Order is an essential part of our God-given potential. To develop divine order in our lives, we must learn to cooperate with spiritual law.

Working From Within
… Orderly thinking leads to right relationships, harmonious results and divinely directed actions. We must first work on ourselves and then, from harmonious, happy feelings within, bring forth God-ideas into our immediate environment.

… Once we have put ourselves in tune with God-ideas and are cooperating with divine Principle, we will find that we attract right relationships with other people, satisfying and fulfilling activity, time for all the things we need to do, and right growth and development of all our [spiritual] powers.

Adapted from Your God-Given Potential: Unfolding the Twelve Spiritual Powers by Winifred Wilkinson Hausmann.

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