Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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If God is to create or to preserve a creature, God must be present and must make and preserve God's creation both in its innermost and outermost aspects.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the necessity of divine presence in the creation and sustenance of life.
Martin Luther articulates the belief that for God to create or maintain any being, His presence is essential. This underscores the idea that both the inner essence and the outer existence of creation rely on God's sustained involvement, highlighting a deep relationship between the Creator and His creations in all aspects of reality.
Themes
CreationDivine PresenceSustenanceGodExistence
In practice
Example use cases
During a lecture on theology, one might use this quote to discuss the relationship between God and creation.
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All quotes βNow if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. ...God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.
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In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.
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