Source of Knowledge

Mankind is constantly seeking to acquire knowledge, for the sake of knowledge. Consider the ever-present ongoing research into the origins of the universe. We peer across vast distances of space using telescopes, optical and electronic. We launch manned and unmanned space-craft into the void. We send robots to the closest planets that we may learn whether or not they have water. To what end? Knowledge of this type seems to serve only curiosity and to unravel the mystery of creation itself.

We search the depths of the ocean to the limits of our ability. We catalog thousands of species of amazing and weird lifeforms. We marvel at how something (not us) can survive at crushing pressures, extreme temperatures and in total darkness. To what end?

We erect radar stations, launch weather balloons, fly airplanes into storms and do crazy little dances to bring the rain. We expend vast resources in an attempt to understand the weather that we may be able to predict the unpredictable with ever-increasing accuracy.

Though we throw ourselves at these tasks, though we consume huge volumes of time, treasure and talent; we still cannot ignite a star. We still cannot control the seas and we remain unable to bring rain to a drough-stricken land.

Factually, there is no amount of knowledge that we can acquire to enable us to do these things. The reason is that these things are reserved for God, they are the exclusive domain of the Creator and no matter how much knowledge we acquire, we will never be God.

Proverbs 3:20 reads "by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew."

God is the source of all knowledge. We cannot discover any knowledge that is not already known by Him. What knowledge we gain is given, revealed to us by God for His purposes, not ours. The Bible begins with the revelation of knowledge that is important to us. God created everything. By the power of His word all things came into being. He spoke and universes formed. He spoke and stars ignited, planets formed and orbits were established. He spoke and the seas were divided to reveal land. He spoke and the atmosphere hospitable for His design came together. He spoke and creatures of all kinds, in the seas below, the skies above and on the land we tread, appeared. It was His knowledge that formulated the plan. It was His knowledge that fueled the process. It is His knowledge that drives the weather systems and produces or withholds the rain.

If we can grasp this knowledge, which He intends for us to grasp, then our inability to grasp the intricacies of creation are moot. I sincerely believe that when all the spaceships have flown to the farthest reaches of the galaxy and returned home, when submarines have mapped every square inch of the ocean floor, when we have cataloged every minute life-form to be found, when we reach the limits of our human mind to predict the weather... then, we will look at one another and say "It can only be explained by God."

So right now, I feel like the smartest person in the world. I can tell you of the origins of the universe. I can explain to you how the seas became divided and how the tides work. I can explain the most inexplicable weather systems and I can tell you how rain comes into being.

It's by God's knowledge. Is there really, truly, anything else you need know about that?

'J' Student,
Carl