Divine Purpose

"The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand" (Isaiah 14:24).

Now, I think that God first makes things orderly for utility.  Whenever He made something in this universe it was because He had a purpose for it.  I do not believe there is anything in the universe that just got here by accident.  Everything in the universe has a meaning.

My father was philosophical about many things and I remember that he used to sit during the summertime and ponder why God made the mosquitoes.  I still do not have the answer, but I am just a human being, and just because I do not have that answer, I am not going to accuse the Creator of making a cosmic blunder--it is just a pest.  But God made it.

The same principle is true of a great many other things.  I do not know why God does some things, but I am convinced that nothing is accidental in His universe.  The fact that we do not know the reason behind some things is not basis enough for us to call them divine accidents.

A.W. Tozer, Tozer on the Almighty, March 12.