From the Editors September 3, 2012 Issue

Help from God's creatures, for His creation

The Editors

The farm dog went missing, so the owner grew anxious and mounted a search party. The search began at twilight and dragged on through most of the night. Not long before dawn, they located the dog. He had tucked himself under a nearby bridge. But the real surprise for the search party was an additional and unexpected find. Beneath that bridge the pooch had, inner-tube-like, wrapped himself around an abandoned two-week-old infant. A human baby. In doing so the dog had kept the infant warm, and therefore kept him alive. At the same time, the dog shielded the infant from a menagerie of night-creatures not inclined to befriend humans of any size. At last report, both dog and baby were doing well and were expected to make full recoveries (Ghana News Agency, June 8, 2012). 

When you come across a heartwarming happy ending like that, it is easy to wonder what impels a dog—or, for that matter, a person—to do such a caring act. What stirs one to make the extra effort, to go the additional mile? Is it instinct, or something much more?

We at the Sentinel propose that something beyond the ordinary was at work in that story above. Something spiritually tangible was shaping events. Call it “the right hand of the Lord” (Psalms 118:16). Call it the presence and power of the heavenly Creator of us all. Call it divine Love in action. The point is, the Almighty was on the scene. He always is. His presence is not passive. The divine action accompanying His presence impels right action on our part. It impels right action on the part of each one of God’s creatures. This activity is not random, not hit or miss. It is precise, specific, exact. That is because there is a divine Science of Love, a law of God. When the presence of this law is realized in prayer and in all its divine activity, this law has a transforming impact on thought and therefore on events. It is natural for people to pray. And it is natural for all of God’s creatures to respond to divine direction.

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