17有时候我们也许不明白，神有千万的事要处理，为什么会关心我们日常生活中的琐事。尽管神是无限且全能的，然而祂甚至在意我们生活中的琐事。比方，祂会在意一位弟兄里面对他妻子的态度，这件事小得似乎需要用神圣的放大镜才看得见。然而神在意这样的事。我们知道神在意这样的事，因为我们的良心为着这些事搅扰我们。每当我们的良心不宁静，我们就知道我们需要顾到神圣管治的代表—良心—的感觉。我们这样认识神，并不是在大事上，乃是在小事上。这条认识神的路是经历的，实际的（约翰一书生命读经，三一二至三一四页）。
17Sometimes we may wonder why God, who has billions of matters to take care of, would be concerned with a small detail in our daily living. Although God is infinite and almighty, He cares even for the small things in our life. For example, He may care about a brother’s inward attitude toward his wife, something so small that it may seem it takes a divine magnifying glass to see it. Nevertheless, God cares for such a matter. We know God cares for such things because our conscience bothers us concerning them. Whenever our conscience is not tranquil, we know that we need to take care of the feeling of our conscience, which is the representative of the divine government. In this way we know God not in great matters but in small things. This way of knowing God is experiential and practical. (Lifestudy of 1 John, pp. 254-256)