God Had a Purpose

“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” (Gene 1:31)

Anyone who evaluates his handiwork and says “it is good” has a purpose in mind and is satisfied that what he has made fulfills that purpose. So what was God’s purpose in creation? When the psalmist writes, “The heavens declare the glory of God,” (Ps. 19:1) he is recognizing that God’s purpose in creating the heavens was to declare His glory. That is what the heavens are doing as the psalmist beholds them. Yet the communication would not be complete unless there was someone there – the psalmist – who was ready, willing and able to comprehend what the heavens are saying and declare it – in writing, in speech, in song. When Einstein said, “The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible,” he was declaring his own wonder that man is able to comprehend the universe. There is a kind of ‘meshing’ of man’s mind with the beautiful natural order built into the universe. Perhaps it would be best described as a “meeting of the minds” – the finite mind of the creature created in the image of God with the infinite Mind of the Creator.

Science is the greatly refined ability of man to “see clearly” the natural order built into the universe and to pass his discoveries down to future generations. Man, using this God-given tool made some awesome discoveries throughout the 20th century. One of these was the “code of life” that exists in every living cell. Another was the discovery of the “fine-tuning” of the universe’s fundamental forces that make both life and science possible. So why aren’t scientists joining in unison to declare the glory of God? Why do so many of them declare the opposite, making claims such as “God is dead” and “God is a Delusion”? I think my nephew Jim is onto something. See the comment on my last post, October 25th.