In fourth grade, my teacher had us do experiments to demonstrate water tension. One experiment was to get a very nearly full cup of water and start adding BBs until the water overflowed. Nearly all the other students in the class did that experiment. The other experiment that we were able to choose (and that I chose) was to float a paper clip on the top of the water surface. Since then, water tension has been a very clear concept in my mind and I reflect on it often as I did as I was measuring out a cup of water for my breakfast porridge this morning.
When I really reflect on the principle, I can go really deep on it. What if God chose a different way for a particular principle to work? What if instead of creating a tension on the surface of the water that let some things through and others sink, what if it was a hard veneer? What if instead of gravity pulling us towards large objects, it pushed us away? So, if we wanted to fly, we had to fly low near the ground. Or what if the principle of lift didn’t work like it does and planes didn’t work? We’d still be stuck on the ground.
The point is, God set up universal laws the way He did for a particular purpose that He has. In Proverbs 25:2, it says, “It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.” Part of that searching is to understand the universal principles and laws that God has set up for us.
It’s not limited to just natural laws. The way we do business, the way we interact with people, the way we think, they are all things that can be “searched out” and considered. In part, God will show us a better way to do things if we will take the time to search Him out on the topic we’re considering.
Search things out. Find why and how they work. In the process, you’ll grow to know your Creator.
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