Proceedings of the Prayer Meeting — Page 8
8 system function that every single faculty is in full accord with the aims and objectives that ensure man’s well-being. The very same order applies to the external system. Whatever kind of profession one may have, the raw materials and tools rel- evant to it are provided well before one’s birth. For example, if a cobbler was not able to find leather and thread, how would he produce them in order to pursue his craft? Similarly, what would a tailor sew if there was no cloth? The same is the case with every individual. No matter how skilled and knowledgeable a physician is, what can he do if there are no medicines? He may write a pre- scription after much deliberation, but what would he do if there was no medicine available in the market? How gracious of God that He has bestowed knowledge on the one hand, and, on the other, He has produced different kinds of plants, minerals, and animals which are helpful to the sick, and has endowed them with a variety of properties that can meet the unforeseen needs in every age. In short, nothing that God Almighty has created is useless. It is documented in medical texts that if anyone is suffer- ing from urinary retention, sometimes urination restarts by enter- ing lice through the opening of the urethra. Can anyone surmise the extent to which man can benefit from the support of all these things? Absolutely not! On the contrary, it is beyond anyone’s imagination. Thereafter, the fourth point is the reward of labour, which also depends upon God’s grace. For example, whatever toil and trouble a man may take to till the land, if the help of Almighty God is not with him, how can he bring home the harvest? It is through His sheer grace and bounty that every single thing occurs in its own time. Accordingly, the people would have well-nigh perished