No Mysteries

He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings.  – Daniel 2:21

Albert Einstein wrote an essay about the theory of relativity when he was 16. By age 26, he had published five major papers in a German journal. He even received his doctorate for one of those papers. The ideas he introduced were highly revolutionary regarding the scientific universe. When the Nazis came to power, they denounced Einstein’s work and burned his books. He moved to America and became a U.S. citizen.

In 1939, Einstein learned that German scientists had split the uranium atom. He wrote a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt warning him about the German discovery which he predicted would lead to the invention of the atomic bomb. Because of Einstein’s advice, the U.S. government established the Manhattan Project, which developed the first two atomic bombs in 1945. Einstein’s ideas changed not only the way scientists think about matter, but also the way war is conducted. Yet to his shock, modern philosophers took his scientific theory of relativity and applied it to the moral realm. This destroyed society’s belief in absolute truth and helped produce acceptance for situational ethics.

Every day new scientific discoveries change what people previously accepted as factual. In truth, most scientists spend their lives trying to understand and solve the mysteries of life and the universe. But God is omniscient. He is all-knowing and to Him there are no mysteries.

So, remember that the Lord governs the world according to His purposes. As you worship Him, proclaim the reasons that He is glorious and worthy of praise. Pray that America’s legislators discover His omniscience in the world, in the nation, and in their lives.