SCIENTISTS AND GOD

Psalm 104:24-33
24 How many are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom You made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. 25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number--living things both large and small. 26 There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan, which You formed to frolic there. 27 These all look to You to give them their food at the proper time. 28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open your hand, they are satisfied with good things. 29 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
30 When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth. 31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works-- 32 He who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33 I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

"All scientists--including agnostics and atheists--believe in God. They have to in order to do their work." So begins Vern Poythress in an article titled, "Why Scientists Must Believe in God." Obviously, there are scientists who deny God's existence. Those who believe in God, however, marvel at His creation.

This is what the psalmist so eloquently pictures in Psalm 104:24. We tend to think of God's commands as relating primarily to behavior that's good for us, as we find in the Ten Commandments. But what the psalmist is celebrating is the fact that God put the universe in motion and He holds it together (Colossians 1:17).

Scientists talk about randomness in nature, but the truth is that they couldn't do their research if things actually operated randomly. They can place satellites in specific fixed locations above the earth to keep our handheld GPS navigational units operating accurately, because God's natural laws are consistent and trustworthy. Try to position satellites in a solar system where the force of gravity fluctuates from day to day--and where a day could be either 13, 42 or 6 hours long--and it ain't gonna work! For laws to be laws, they must be consistent--always trustworthy.

Another fact is that these laws weren't invented by the scientists. They've always been there. Who brought those laws into being and enforces them? Logic tells you that laws imply a Lawgiver. Only intelligence recognizes Intelligence. Our clockwork universe points to a good, consistent, trustworthy, intelligent, and personal God.

"Somewhere out there" there is Somebody, not just impersonal laws. Some scientists don't like to hear that--because that might also mean Somebody is waiting for them to acknowledge His presence. --Dean Ohlman

DESTINATION POINTS

* When have I taken for granted the awesome, orderly universe of which I'm a part?
* How will I, like the psalmist, praise God for His mighty material works?
* Do I tend to see nature apart from God?

LINKS:
Where in the World Is God?
http://www.christianitytoday.com/cl/9c5/9c5046.html

bottom line: Science ultimately points to God.

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