3. What important, God-created process is described in the Bible? Job 36:27-28.
NOTE: ‘Think of the mighty power by which the water is drawn up from the earth to the clouds. Every day, every hour, every minute the work is going on, yet so silently is it accomplished that few give it a thought. People will wonder at the power displayed by a machine that will pump a few million gallons of water a day; but in God’s great waterworks thousands of millions of tons of water are daily drawn up, not merely a few hundred feet, but miles into the air, and they are stored up till the proper time comes for it to be sent down gently in rain. That is most literally drawing power; and it is the same power that God exerts to draw us to Him; for the Gospel is the power of God, and the power of God is seen in the things that are made. “Can any understand the spreading of the clouds?” asks Elihu; and to this day the most learned scientist is compelled to answer, “None.” “He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.” Job 26:8. Think of the weight of water contained in a single rain cloud. If it should all come down at once, everything would be swept away before it, and the very ground would be furrowed as with a gigantic plough. Some idea of the amount of water in a single cloud may be formed when we consider that to cover merely a single acre of land an inch deep, would take more than one hundred and thirty tons of water. Now remember that in a single rain shower several inches of rain have been known to fall upon thousands of acres, and we can realise what vast reservoirs the clouds are! What held that water in the sky until the time came for it to be poured on the earth? No scientist has any theories to account for how it is done; but we know the fact, that it is held up by the power of God, the same power that drew it up. This is the power that is exerted to draw us to Him.’ E. J. Waggoner: Present Truth, May 19, 1898.
4. What benefits does mankind receive from this God-created process? Isaiah 55:10.
NOTE: ‘God has never left us without expressions of His love, “in that He did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” He has declared that “while the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.” He guards us every moment by His care, and upholds us by His power. He sends us the cheering sunshine, and the invigorating air; our path is crowded with the tokens of his everlasting love. He spreads our tables with food; He gives us rest and sleep. Weekly He brings to us the Sabbath, the day which He has blessed and sanctified for the good of man. We enjoy freedom from the world’s hurry and bustle and wearisome labour, and may worship God.’ Review & Herald, January 4, 1881.