What is
creation? It is commonly defined as the action or process of bringing
something into existence. Many things have been brought into existence
though people tend to take sides on how. Some follow a scientific pattern
of thought with great potential, and end up at a loss to consider what could
have preceded the universe as we know it. Others have the depth of
spiritual insight to see that there was God at the beginning, but often end up
concluding that the process is completely beyond comprehension. It is
common in life to mistake unasked questions for unobtainable answers, but it is
not necessary. A deeper understanding of creation as a process, or
Creation as reality, can only lead to a deeper appreciation of the Creator.
Creation,
when speaking of reality as we know it, is often misunderstood while the
advancement of science has made incredible facts available to laypersons who
have never studied the discipline intensely. It is common knowledge that
solid matter is composed of atoms, each with different structure according to
the elements they form. They all share a common structure made of
subatomic particles. Protons and neutrons form the nucleus, while
electrons orbit at a high altitude. Yet any atom is mostly empty space.
Try to imagine grains of sand orbiting the edges of a football field, with a
pinhead located at dead center. Now look at the cement or flooring under
where you are right now, and see it as the mostly empty space for which it
really is.
All of this
sounds seemingly impossible, but Einstein's famous formula of E=MC2 has been
with us for nearly a century now. The meaning of it is that matter and
energy are the same thing. If you could do an experiment of heating water
in a special sealed pot, which has been done in laboratories, you will find
that the heat energy added to the water and the pot actually adds a minute
amount of weight. That is because energy has mass as Einstein
determined.
The
beginning of creative action is thought. Whether thought is considered as
the inspiring imaginative power of our souls, or electrical impulses in our
brains, thought is energy. When we see a concept in our minds, we carry
forth processes that if seemingly sound, we put into physical action. We
work with our hands and materials to make our thoughts become reality. We
run into obstacles and difficulty. The cars, homes, and technology all
around us are proof that those obstacles can be overcome as all of these things
were once merely thoughts. When the passion of our hearts is put into
use, any obstacles can be overcome with perseverance and time. Yet we are
imperfect, weak, and with limited understanding as human beings. God
suffers no such limitations.
If thought
is energy, then the thoughts of God in His perfection are therefore examples of
perfect energy. If God is all powerful, then that energy of thought would
not require physical assistance to manifest into reality, as our thoughts
always do. If matter is energy, and thought is energy, then nothing could
stop God's all powerful creative thought from becoming reality. In
that sense, the accounts of Genesis where God speaks Creation into existence
are perfectly reasonable and logical accounts of the birth of reality and the
universe as we know it.
It takes
faith to create, or to see God’s creative power in its true beauty. Faith is knowledge of things unseen, it
is not hope or wishing. We know
where our homes lie at the ends of the roads we commute. We know the sun will rise after the
night. We should also know that
all things are possible in God’s will and way. We know that God is there for us no matter how we feel. Knowing the true beauty of His Creation
is knowing His heart more, and making that more a part of our lives. What we see with our eyes may appear to
contradict this knowledge of the heart, but in this way we should rejoice
knowing nothing is impossible.
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