Article June 27, 1988 Issue

Human efficiency and divine order

What to do first? Establishing spiritual priorities can help us keep all our duties in proportion.

James Scott Rosebush

"AS soon as I get my desk in order, I'll get to the important work." "After I get the dishes done and clean the house, I'll do my praying."

Sound familiar? Have you ever caught yourself giving priority to human business over spiritual activities such as praying? I'm sure we all have. Sometimes even the indecision as to what to do first keeps us from doing what's really important. Today, despite the emphasis on time-saving, waste-cutting techniques in human affairs, people seem to be busier and busier, caught up in the details of life. Distractions from realizing a divine presence in our lives often seem constant.

Few people really want to be swallowed up in the wash of materialism that would separate us from God. Yet attempts to gain control over our affairs through ever more complicated material systems seem to end, sooner or later, in failure. Isn't the real way to bring more efficiency and control to our lives found in an understanding of divine order and God's mastery over every detail of life? Divine control shouldn't be relegated only to church-related activities. The presence and fact of God's omniscience need to be acknowledged in our daily lives, and obedience to God should be the basis of every decision we make. If we are doing this, we are recognizing and bringing divine order into focus in our activities, and our increasing understanding of spiritual control will result in better order in our daily affairs.

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