READ
Psalm 33 has a core of praise to the Creator God. A simple theology – He spoke and it came into being, He commanded and it stood firm. As the Psalm progresses you are challenged to draw away from the earth and gaze down – are we here by luck or by design? What is your answer?
REFLECT
The work of Charles Darwin, in a village not far from where I live, was stunning and yet somehow empty. As I wandered round the beautiful house it was clear that he was a very detailed, able scientific researcher who had concluded that natural selection took place. Even so, a frog turning into a prince still seems like a fairy tale to me!! His wife, meanwhile, believed God had created all things.
RESTORE
If our planet is just “third rock from the sun” with a chance occurence of human life then maybe evolution actually takes more faith to accept than creation!! The chances of life so clearly lead one to conclude that there is a Creator behind it. Verse 11 is our restorative prayer – while it is not wrong to doubt and to debate, it is good to read that the plans of the Lord stand firm for ever – even for the “third rock from the sun!!”
Studying the Earth in the sky, and so many coincidences for there lives, how life could create random ?
I totally agree with your conclusions revivor, another Psalm I will reread, thank you!
Delightful post and much enjoyed reading.
Happy Easter!
From Zuzanna
My Oma always told me: “God gave you a brain, use it.” Isn’t that what all of our great scientists are doing/have done? By using the gifts that God gave them to their greatest potential they honor God and inspire humankind.
Wonderful post as always.
Evolution guy here. But I totally appreciate what you wrote about evolution being perhaps a larger leap of faith than creation. I can’t necessairly disagree with that either. Both take leaps. But I am unable to understand how some people cannot see the similarities between man and some animals. I have always wondered if it was more a choice of being unwilling to see it.
Steve
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