With the exception of the angels, lost souls, and those in mortal sin, all creation unites in one harmony of service towards God. The unintelligent creation below man serves God in three ways :
1. Because all things conform to the law of their being as imposed by God: "fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds which fulfil His word" (Ps. cxlviii. 8). They do what is required of them, and help in the gradual progress of the world towards God. Be as regular as they in rendering willing obedience to the law of your being.
2. Because all things represent something of the attributes of God. "The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made" (Rom. i. 20). Thus are manifested the immensity, the eternity, the power the wisdom of God. Every action, word and thought of yours should in like manner be a manifestation of the beauty of holiness and the excellence of religion.
3. Because they all help to maintain the human race, afford food for body and mind, and conduce to that intellectual and free service which they cannot themselves render. So all the lower creatures are faithful in their own way. Do not pervert them from their service of God by making them an occasion of sin to yourself. Learn from these inferior beings that the law of your perfection, as of all the rest of nature, is fidelity to the great Creator.
