By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. (Hebrews 11:3)

Understanding The Mysteries Of The World

“God had nothing to do with it!” the scientists insisted. Birds are able to navigate when they migrate because they have a compass inside their heads. That’s all. But then somebody asked these scientists who set the compass to adjust for the Earth’s rotation. Well, that,” the scientists said, “remains a mystery.”

The mystery of the world has never been a mystery. God created the world as a testimony of His divine design and wisdom. Everything about creation declares the unity of God’s divine will. The idea that the universe does not have a designer belies the immensity of designs found in its architect. Explaining how birds migrate thousands of miles cannot be answered through human wisdom. Monarch butterflies migrate on precision courses at precise times to exact locations every year. These frail creatures overcome incredible odds to accomplish the impossible.

The universe is a design of perfection, with eight planets circling constantly around the Sun with precision and order. Earth is supported by one moon that remains in orbit, impacting the tides and climate, and has been used since the beginning of time as a beacon for time. The human body is a marvel of science constantly evolving with its secrets and mysteries. It has always been a question of how one explains the world’s intricacies apart from God. There can be no explanation without declaring the glory of God.

What man finds difficult to imagine is that he is not the center of his world. The truth remains that the Earth is not the center of the solar system, and the solar system is not the center of the Milky Way, the universe where the Earth is home. There are billions of universes in the known expanse of space. Earth is not even an atomic particle in the vast measure of the known universe. At best, the planet inhabited by humanity is nothing more than a pale blue dot. Scientists believe God had nothing to do with the creation of the universe, and they have no explanation after thousands of years of human investigation. The only conclusion they can offer is that what they cannot explain remains a mystery.

There is no mystery if one believes that in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. It takes more faith to believe God did not create the world than it does to accept the divine truth. There is no mystery when the perfect design of the universe is placed in the template of God’s word. Birds migrate with precision because there is a compass they follow created by the hand of God. Mysteries are answered by examining the world’s questions through the microscope of God’s word. The Bible is the laboratory where answers can be found.

God has not left us without a testimony of His divine plan. By faith, man knows that the universe was formed at God’s command. It may not be proven in a Petrie dish, but it can be proven by the word of God, which explains how the world was created. The challenge for human wisdom is to recognize that what is seen in this world does not come from anything that can be seen. Explaining the birds’ migration is found in God’s special revelation. Read the Bible to find the answers. God created the universe in a spectacular way.