In today’s unbelieving society, people often discount the blessings of God in our life by attributing them to some scientific or rational explanation. However, these two viewpoints are not exclusive or contrary to one another. God’s miraculous intervention in our life often works with scientific laws that He put into motion, rather than supernaturally.
It amazes me to realize that when Jesus dwelt on the earth, taught in the highways and hills to thousands of people, and did amazing miracles, the people enjoyed the benefits He provided for them – such as a free fish dinner and healing of their infirmities, but most of them were not moved to repentance and to surrender to Him.
They were totally oblivious to the God part of Jesus, and they focused only on His obvious human aspects (John 1:11-13). Jesus said that if they saw Him, they saw Father God as well, because the Trinity is one God (John 10:30-36, 14:9), but few believed His words. Even His own family, neighbors, and friends rejected His claim to be God (Luke 4:14-21; Isaiah 61:1-3).
The fact that many matters must come together at one time to allow life to exist on our planet points to the supernatural existence of God, because of the improbability of them occurring on their own by some natural cause. Yet, more and more people are attributing this phenomenon to physical sources rather than to God.
These two are not exclusive of one another as most people believe. Christian scientists are discovering that scientific beliefs are not contrary to Biblical Truth. They see clearly that these two viewpoints are complementary. They understand that God’s existence does not negate science because believing in God explains science.
All creation proves the existence of God (Romans 1:20), and is a constant testimony of His goodness, provision, and love for every person ever conceived on this earth (John 3:16-18). Jesus’ life is the perfect example of how the natural miracles He performed are indeed God breathed and executed.
Prayer:
Father God, we give You all the praise and glory for the precise way You created earth for man’s existence. Thank You for creating scientific laws that hold the earth in its exact position to support life, and the way that You use scientific forces to work together to give us the beauty that surrounds us. Thank You for also allowing archeologists to find truth from the earth that proves Your existence and the veracity of Your Word.
Your amazing design of the earth emphatically proves that it takes much less faith to believe in Your existence, than it does to believe that arbitrary energies are the cause of what we enjoy in nature and in human resources on the earth and in the cosmos (Romans 1:20). Help unbelievers see that their lack of faith in You not only deprives them of Your daily blessings now, but also condemns them to an eternal existence of pain and suffering (2 Peter 3:9).
Thoughts for the Day:
Satellites, telescopes, and super antennae were invented for the purpose of finding life outside of the earth; but in all the years of searching, mankind has never been able to prove that it does exist or that God does not exist. Christian scientists agree that scientific information based on rational research affirms our faith in God rather than disproves it.
