I watched a documentary called “Expelled” about a month ago. Richard Dawkins who is an atheist was asked the question (paraphrased) “What if you die and find out there is a God. What if He asks you what have you been doing with everything I gave you and the millions of dollars you made out of writing your book? What are you going to say to God?”.
Richard Dawkins quoted Bert Russell by saying: “Sir, why did you take such pains to hide yourself!?”.
The response made me sad because that’s not true. God doesn’t want to hide but desires to reveal Himself to us. There are many including myself who will testify to a powerful and loving God touching our lives and revealing himself to us.
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. Romans 1:20
The scripture tells us about God’s desire to reveal himself to humanity. God’s creation speaks of His awesome power and amazing creativity. Adam & Eve were created by God and in His image. God walked with them in the cool of the day because He created them for a relationship with Him.Those who are true believers have their own personal testimony of how God took great pains to show Himself to them and pull them out of darkness, despair, and bondage. We have millions of men and women throughout centuries who have seen the hand of God in their lives, families, communities, and nations.
Unfortunately, science dabbles with understanding God on its own terms. It has to have tangible and repeatable proofs before something is considered to be true scientifically. Our big and amazing God will not fit in their box and neither does He intend to. As a result, an atheist can believe that God has gone to great lengths to hide himself while the Bible tells us that the entire creation speaks of the glory of God and His handiwork!
In the same documentary, they discussed Darwin’s theory of evolution which he wrote in 1959. One scientist was asked to compare Darwin’s understanding of cell structure during that time to our current understanding of cellular structure. The scientist told the reporter that if Darwin’s understanding was as complex as a Buick, then our current understanding of molecular and cellular structure is as complex as a galaxy. What if Darwin lived in this era? Would he have made the claims he made about evolution if he had the current knowledge of human body?
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 2 Peter 3:8
Science has and will continue to discover more and more about creation, galaxies, and the human body. Just because we don’t know something today scientifically it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. It may just be that we haven’t discovered it yet. Maybe someday science will have to admit based on all the evidence of intelligent and intentional design that there must be a designer! The good news is that we don’t have to wait for that “someday”. With faith we can believe in a God who is invisible, and we can actually surpass one thousand years of scientific discovery by allowing God to reveal himself to us in one day!