How Can Humans Know God’s Will?

“‘That of God in every man’ is not a human means of knowing like reason, intelligence, feeling, intuition, natural conscience or moral law within. It is a means of knowing that can be described as seeking counsel of the Creator. The Creator imparts his wisdom to man. This is not human wisdom, but the voice and wisdom of the Creator. We cannot produce the equivalent of this voice and this wisdom from our human resources. It must be heard and received.”

— Lewis Benson, 1970
Quaker George Fox scholar

Seek the voice and wisdom of the Creator.

What does “that of God in everyone” mean to you?

How does this idea influence the way you are in the world?

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  • Lewis Benson (1906–1986) was an expert on the writings of George Fox, cofounder of Quakerism. He helped restart Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting in New Jersey. He was the first librarian at Pendle Hill in Pennsylvania.

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