AUGUST 22, 2012
Theory
Of Everything
Read: John
1:1-13
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are
on
earth, visible and invisible. —Colossians
1:16
Scientists have been
looking for the “Theory of Everything.” One
person who thinks he found it is
physicist Brian Greene, who wrote
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden
Dimensions, and the
Quest for the Ultimate Theory. Greene’s “string theory” is
a complicated
concept suggesting that at its tiniest level everything consists
of
combinations of vibrating strands, or strings. He has described his
theory
as “a framework with the capacity to explain every fundamental
feature upon
which the world is constructed.”
Over the years,
thinkers from Newton to Einstein to Hawking to Greene
have spent the greater
portion of their lives trying to figure out how the
universe works—and they
have proposed fascinating theories.
In reality, for any
theory to explain everything in the universe adequately
it must begin and end
with God. “All things . . . visible and invisible”
(Col. 1:16) have their origin
in Him and exist for His glory (Ps. 72:19).
The first few verses of John’s
gospel tell us that our Lord created the
universe—and that without His hand of
creation nothing would exist.
That’s why when we
consider the world and everything in it, we can
exclaim with Isaiah: “The whole
earth is full of His glory!” (6:3). Praise
His holy name!
Our God has fashioned earth and sky,
Sun, moon, and stars beyond compare;
His workmanship we can’t deny—
His fingerprints are everywhere. —Seals
All creation is an outstretched finger
pointing toward God.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
