No 33

(The Mystery of Complexity)

The universe and all it contains is a huge mass of complex organisms that are way beyond our comprehension. Oh, we know how everything works – this little seed become a carrot or this egg becomes an eagle; or the moon is just where it is and everything else; it’s just that we don’t know why everything works. Isaac Asimov, who is a science fiction author (I, Robot) and a staunch atheist once said: “the human brain is the most complex and orderly organization of matter in the universe”. We who know the true God are just as amazed at God’s creation as they are but we have come to realize that these are just further proof of just what kind of God we have. “Lift up your eyes on high and hehold who have created these things” Isaiah 40:26 “The Lord of Hosts is His name” Isaiah 48:2; “…the Lord formed every beast of the field and every fowl of the air” Genesis 2:19.

How did He do it? “He spake and it was done” Psalm 33:9.

Unfortunately, all these wonderful complex systems are slowly deteriorating and, in the past 100 years, this decaying process has been sped up exponentially with the age of industry. The Bible says that “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” 2 Peter 3:10. The Lord made us stewards of this planet (Genesis 1:28) and we have failed miserably in this important mandate. Oh, the complexity is still as mysterious as it has ever has been; it’s just that it is on a crash course with destiny. There is much to be said and done so as to slow down this decaying process by better living habits but its doomed, nonetheless.

“Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?” Isaiah 40:12. The Creator God has a plan for humanity; it’s a perfect plan – may we be the preachers of it to those who do not know about it.