“Then God said: “Let there be lights to the dome of the sky, to separate day from nght. Let them mark the fixed times, the days and the years, and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth. And so it happened: God made the two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the night; and he made the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky, to shed light upon the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw how good it was.” Genesis 1:14-18
What makes the world go ’round? Some would say it is love, others money. Some would say it can be explained by science, others say it is totally a result of a freak accident. Love and money may power people in worldly relationships and business affairs, but they hardly make the world go ’round. Smart men may be able to figure out how the world goes ’round, even explain the physics and chemistry behind a ‘big bang’ theory that set it all in motion. They may be able to prove many scientific theories, but the one thing they can never ‘disprove’ is John 1:1-3, “In the beginning was the Word; the Word was in God’s presence, and the Word was God. He was present to God in the beginning. Through Him all things came into being, and apart from him nothing came to be.”
On the feast of The Epiphany, which commemorates the visit of the Magi to the baby Jesus (the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles), Pope Benedict XVI stated, “The universe is not the result of chance, as some would want to make us believe.” And, “In the beauty of the world, in its mystery, in its greatness and in its rationality … we can only let ourselves be guided toward God, creator of heaven and earth.” If we believe God is the Supreme Being, that He is the Alpha and the Omega, that He is the Creator of Heaven and Earth, then we believe that He set the universe in motion.
There are passages in the Bible, shall we say, as old as the hills, that reference the placement of the stars and the naming of constellations. In Job 9:9, “He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, The Pleiades and the constellations of the south.” And, in Isaiah 40:26, “Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”
As people of faith we believe these things, scientifically proven or not, for in Hebrews 11:1-3, “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. 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.” It is an inner knowing that tugs at our inner being. It is embedded in our soul.
As people of faith we let nothing change our belief. However, as people of faith, it is always welcome knowledge, when theory and science come together to prove exactly what we believe in faith. When this happens we experience an inner surge, much like Elizabeth felt when she first saw Mary. In Luke 1:42-45, we feel Elizabeth’s joy in recognizing Jesus in Mary, “The baby in Elizabeth’s womb leapt for joy upon hearing Mary’s greeting, causing Elizabeth to be filled with the Holy Spirit and to cry out in a loud voice, “Blest are you among women and blest is the fruit of your womb“. To experience this inner surge of joy in the knowledge of creation, one only has to watch the presentation on the Star of Bethlehem, by Rick Larson. He brings faith, history, and science together seamlessly to prove the Star of Bethlehem was a real occurrence, and goes even further to prove that our God is the The God of The Universe. Visit his website at http://bethlehemstar.net/ and at http://www.facebook.com/bethlehemstar . Order the DVD; you will not be disappointed.
When we ask what makes the world go ’round, we have an opportunity to experience our faith biblically, theoretically, scientifically, historically, and spiritually. We have an opportunity to feel that inner surge of knowledge and joy in our inner most being, deep within our soul. We have an opportunity to bow in awe before Him, to be still, and to know that He is God, The Creator of Heaven and Earth.
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