What lessons of humility and faith may we not learn as we trace the dealings of God with His creatures. The Lord can do but little for the children of men, because they are so full of pride and vain glory. They exalt self, magnifying their own strength, learning, and wisdom. It is necessary for God to disappoint their hopes and frustrate their plans, that they may learn to trust in Him alone. All our powers are from God; we can do nothing independent of the strength which He has given us. Where is the man or woman or child that God does not sustain?
Where is the desolate place which God does not fill? Where is the want that any but God can supply?
He would have us make Him our protector and our guide in all the duties and affairs of life.—Ellen G. White Comments, in The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 3, 1141.
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