Don't we know who the God of this physical world is?

The Word says the whole world lies in the lap of the wicked one (1 John 5:19). O.K., then if we are led by what we "think" we need according to our situation or circumstance, who are we being led by?

Think about it.

It is not as difficult to see as we have made it out to be.

When we were hired, and put into training, to run that paper machine, we had a set program to follow, set procedures for all phases of "runtime". This training and systematic program was especially focused upon because every part of the machine was directly related to another part, and there was a sequential order for the actual process to begin, run and end.

Now, when we were learning how to make paper, we did not learn different aspects of the machine at different times. No, we learned the process of making paper, and through that process, the different aspects of the machine were focused on as a natural outcome by the sequence of events.

Do you understand what I am saying here?

We just didn't decide that we wanted to learn a particular part of the machine and then go learn it. How would we know where it goes in the process that way? There was a set specific order for learning, running and operating that paper machine. If anything was done out of order, or out of sequence, it would prove quite costly.

You see, the machine had seven operating sections, which all ran together, once we got all these sections up and running. The sheet of paper would run through the seven sections from number one to number seven and then rolled up as a huge roll of paper. (100" x100").

What truly was important was an understanding of the process in startup and getting the machine ready to make the paper. The order was set from one to seven and we could not run one section without the other running at the same speed, they were all inter-linked to each other. This is how the paper sheet would be transferred from one section to the other.

If we ran one section up to speed and then brought it into another section that was not up to speed then crashola! This would cause no less than fifty-thousand dollars worth of damage in a matter of seconds, not to mention life-threatening danger. It actually happened on occasion, and it was a bad scene, very bad. The machine ran at speeds up to 4600 feet per minute or 40-42 miles per hour; can imagine what type of damage can happen at that speed?

Therefore, the key to learning was not in parts, but in the whole. Understanding and seeing the "big picture" so we could grasp the entire process to see where each part truly did fit.

By doing this, our learning was faster, easier, and much more efficient. We didn't have to go back through the process to learn something we would have missed if we were educated fragmentally.