In the creation of man was manifest the agency of a personal God. When God had made man in His image, the human form was perfect in all its arrangements, but it was without life. Then a personal, self-existing God breathed into that form the breath of life, and man became a living, intelligent being. All parts of the human organism were set in action. The heart, the arteries, the veins, the tongue, the hands, the feet, the senses, the faculties of the mind, all began their work, and all were placed under law. Man became a living soul. Through Christ the Word, a personal God created man and endowed him with intelligence and power. (MH 415.1) MC VC

Our substance was not hid from Him when we were made in secret; His eyes saw our substance, yet being imperfect, and in His book all our members were written when as yet there were none of them. (MH 415.2) MC VC

Above all lower orders of being, God designed that man, the crowning work of His creation, should express His thought and reveal His glory. But man is not to exalt himself as God. (MH 415.3) MC VC

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord....
Serve the Lord with gladness:
Come before His presence with singing.
Know ye that the Lord He is God:
It is He that hath made us, and His we are;
We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise:
Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.” Psalm 100:1-4.
“Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at His holy hill;
For the Lord our God is holy.” margin; Psalm 99:9. (MH 415.4) MC VC

The mechanism of the human body cannot be fully understood; it presents mysteries that baffle the most intelligent. It is not as the result of a mechanism, which, once set in motion, continues its work, that the pulse beats and breath follows breath. In God we live and move and have our being. The beating heart, the throbbing pulse, every nerve and muscle in the living organism, is kept in order and activity by the power of an ever-present God. (MH 417.1) MC VC

The Bible shows us God in His high and holy place, not in a state of inactivity, not in silence and solitude, but surrounded by ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands of holy beings, all waiting to do His will. Through these messengers He is in active communication with every part of His dominion. By His Spirit He is everywhere present. Through the agency of His Spirit and His angels He ministers to the children of men. (MH 417.2) MC VC

Above the distractions of the earth He sits enthroned; all things are open to His divine survey; and from His great and calm eternity He orders that which His providence sees best. (MH 417.3) MC VC

“The way of man is not in himself:
It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.” Jeremiah 10:23. (MH 417.4) MC VC

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart....
In all thy ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5~6. (MH 417.5) MC VC

“The eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him,
Upon them that hope in His mercy;
To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in famine.” Psalm 33:18~19. (MH 417.6) MC VC

“How precious is Thy loving-kindness, O God! ...
The children of men take refuge under the shadow of Thy wings.” Psalm 36:7.
“Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God.” Psalm 146:5. (MH 417.7) MC VC