2008-03-11 01:01:00
"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:13).
Since I was a child I've enjoyed reading the "National Geographic" magazine. This last Christmas my sister gave me subscription as a gift and I look forward to reading through the magazine and of course looking at the stunning photography.
The March 2008 issue features a story about a massive super accelerator known as the Large Haldron Collider in Europe that physicists use for testing. In school Physics was and it remains to me the hardest type of science to in any way comprehend. But I still found the article interesting.
A main focus in the experiments is to discover the "Higgs particle", which also has the designation "the God particle." According to the article it's the missing evidence in a theory in physics that explains a basic characteristic of the universe. Now (and this where it becomes absolutely incomprehensible to me) the article states that the Higgs particle will last "less than a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second before decaying into a spray of other particles."
I am a person of faith. I believe what the Bible says and I see so much evidence (and more all the time) for the truthfulness of the Bible. I am deeply moved by the statement in Hebrews 11:3 "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible." Yet my faith is often maligned by the world and is considered by many as scientifically naïve, uninformed, simplistic and more recently, even dangerous.
But I contend that in this life faith in one way or another is always required. For instance I read the article and among other things I must have faith that they can actually determine a time measurement less than "a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second." But in the article it's stated as an absolute fact, with no words like physicists believe, conjecture or even estimate, but merely a matter of fact statement.
I had a stop watch in high school that measured time to the tenth of a second and have seen measurement to one/hundredth of a second in races on TV such as the Olympics. But really, I have to believe really, really, really hard that there is any way a time measurement of "a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second" can be determined. You know what I think the physicists do as well, though many would never admit it.
I find it interesting that the National Geographic article is subtitled "The hunt for the God particle." Ever since the fall and the blight of sin on the human race, man has in one way or another been seeking for the missing element in life. Satan has a massive array of substitutes of that which is claimed to fill this void.
The almighty God of the entire universe speaks in the daily text, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:13). He goes on to state in the next verse with a word of blessed assurance, "I will be found by you," declares the LORD."
Hebrews 11 has a foundational statement in regard to our relationship with God. "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him." Let us be God seekers!
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily prayer: Holy God, I want seek You as a lifelong pursuit. Thank You for the promise that when we seek You with all our heart we will find You. I want to have faith that pleases You. I do believe You exist and are a rewarder of those who earnestly seek You. Help me to be a God seeker!
Chaplain Stephen and Brooksyne Weber serve with Transport for Christ. Click here to contact the Webers.
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