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'''[[The invisible God]]''' | '''[[The invisible God]]''' | ||
We are like fish swimming in a stream. We do what we do while God, like the stream, nudges us where he wills. We are in him <ref>{{bgw|Col 1:17}} And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.</ref>, and we do not see him. | We are like fish swimming in a stream. We do what we do while God, like the stream, nudges us where he wills. We are in him <ref>{{bgw|Col 1:17}} And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.</ref> <ref>{{bgw|Pr 16:9}} A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.</ref> <ref>{{bgw|Ps 37:23}} The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.</ref>, and we do not see him. | ||
:His work is often so subtle we are unaware of his presence and nudging. | :His work is often so subtle we are unaware of his presence and nudging. | ||
Since we cannot see or hear him <ref>{{bgw|Joh 5:37}} And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.</ref>; how can he make himself known? | Since we cannot see or hear him <ref>{{bgw|Joh 5:37}} And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.</ref>; how can he make himself known? | ||
