The Ultimate Scientist

Amos 9:6 "He who builds His layers in the sky, and has founded His strata in the earth; Who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth - the Lord is His name."

Here it is again…the unfathomable greatness of God. Amos said similar stuff in 5:8 and he is basically repeating himself here. Just look at the sky. Amos knew there were layers in the sky. Did Amos know about the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere, the thermosphere, the exosphere, the ionosphere, the magnetosphere? I mean, this guy, a simple shepherd spent a lot of time tending sheep under the stars, but, how would he know that there were layers in the atmosphere? He didn't…God did. This is God's word. It is God breathed and He was explaining to all of us eight-hundred years before the birth of Christ that there were layers in the sky. This was 2400 years before Galileo made all of his discoveries…and God shows up again, revealing His greatness. Not just in what He has created in the heavens, but by what He has said in His word.

Then Amos talks about the layers of the earth. The word for strata actually means bands or cords. Amos knew about this stuff because God revealed it to him and it demonstrates the knowledge and greatness of God.

And then he repeats himself by explaining the rain cycle. This must have amazed Amos as he watched it rain. He knew, because God told him about evaporation and condensation.

Many times Christians get all twisted in knots when it comes to science. We think that scientists are out to prove that God does not exist. The thing is, as scientists truly study the universe and the earth and the human body…if they have an open mind and are honest with themselves, they have to admit that a Creator did all of this. And this Creator…the Lord is His name. He is the ultimate Scientist. He is the One we need to listen to and learn from because He made it all and He knows how it works. This isn't just true as it relates to the physical world around us. It is true as it relates to life as well. He made us. He knows how we work. Because of this He knows what is best for us, even before we have a clue…and we should listen and obey. God revealed His secrets to Amos and He wants to reveal amazing things to us as well.