QUESTION 2
Do you believe in God?
All of us put our faith in something. As Bob Dylan once sang, “You’re gonna have to serve somebody.” The same thing is true with our faith – we all live as if we believe something is true. Think about your life; if someone observed your actions, where would they assume you were putting your faith?
William Kingdon Clifford, a British philosopher, once wrote, “It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone to believe anything on insufficient evidence.”1 This idea is alive and well today; people will often say they can’t believe anything that cannot be proven scientifically. That sounds appealing, but does it square with reality? For instance, consider the statement that it is wrong to believe anything on insufficient evidence. Where is the evidence to prove that statement? Do you make every decision in your life with that same requirement for evidence?
Imagine you landed on a deserted island, and you were desperately looking for help. You couldn’t find anyone, but you stumble upon a well-constructed hut with multiple rooms. There is a cot with a pillow and blanket, as well as a table with fresh-cut fruit on it. What would you assume? Wouldn’t you think there was a person who built the hut and provided the furniture? If we look at the world around us and see evidence of design, it is reasonable to believe there is a designer.
There are scriptures that describe the way our world reveals its Creator. Take a few minutes to read these passages and think about what they tell us about creation.
Psalm 8:3-4 – 3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
Psalm 19:1-3 – The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
Psalm 139:13-16 – For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
Romans 1:20 – 20 For his (God’s) invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.