When someone speaks of “witnesses to God,” most of us immediately think of the prophets and leaders of the Old Testament, or perhaps the apostles of the New Testament—men empowered by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the gospel.

Yet today, every Christian becomes a witness to Christ whenever they share their personal testimony of faith and the transformation He has worked in their life.

God’s witnesses, however, are not limited to humanity. All creation bears testimony to Him. In fact, if every human voice—direct or indirect—were to fall completely silent, the rest of creation would still roar in praise:

“Praise him, sun and moon; praise him,
all you shining stars!” – Psalms 148:3

• The earth circles the sun at 67,000 mph every year.
• The sun is the center of our solar system and it orbits the Milky Way galaxy at an average speed of 514,000 mph which takes 225-250 million years.
• The Milky Way Galaxy is blazing through space at 1.3M miles per hour.

Our solar system orbits a single star—the Sun—one solitary point of light among hundreds of billions of others scattered throughout the swirling arms of the Milky Way. No one knows the precise number, but astronomers estimate that our galaxy alone contains 100 to 400 billion stars, most of them with their own planetary systems. The universe may be silent to our ears, yet it’s a frenzy of cosmic chaos and wonder!

What keeps all of these planets
and solar systems from colliding?
Who or What controls the order of the universe?

“Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.” – Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design (2010)

Renowned theoretical physicist and atheist Stephen Hawking suggested that the universe created itself and that gravity is the force responsible for maintaining order in the universe.

The Sun’s gravity keeps Earth and the other planets in their orbits around it. Earth’s gravity keeps the Moon in orbit, and the Moon’s gravity affects our tides. All the solar systems in the Milky Way are held in their positions by the galaxy’s gravity.

In layman’s terms, Stephen Hawking believed in the Big Bang theory and argued that gravity is the hidden force, or the “what” that keeps order in the universe.

In A Logical and Biblical Response to Modern Atheism, J. Warner Wallace addresses the false narrative presented by Stephen Hawking. Wallace cites the work of another theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, to refute Hawking’s theory.

We know that nothing cannot create something. Assembly plants build vehicles using pre-existing parts. Houses are constructed from materials such as doors, walls, roofs, and windows. Just as houses have architects and vehicles have designers, both are created with purposeful order and design.

“The universe wasn’t an accident.
It’s not what created and sustains it—but Who.”

And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years.’” – Genesis 1:14

He set the earth in its perfect orbit, wrapped it in an atmosphere that filters deadly radiation yet lets through the warmth of sunlight, and filled its oceans with living creatures whose DNA carries more complex information than all the libraries ever written. Every blade of grass, every spiral of a seashell, every neuron firing in your brain bears the signature of the same Artist.

This Author did not merely wind up a cosmic clock and walk away. He sustains every atom by the word of His power (Hebrews 1:3), keeps every star burning, and upholds the delicate balance that allows life to flourish. The same hands that formed Adam from dust and breathed into him the breath of life still hold the universe together, moment by moment.

From the vastness of superclusters to the hidden world inside a single cell, nothing exists outside His design, nothing escapes His care, and nothing—absolutely nothing—happens apart from His sovereign purpose. The Author of life is the Author of all reality, and every star of the universe is WITNESS to His glory.

“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” – Romans 1:20

Romans 1:20 reveals the staggering truth that God’s invisible realities—His eternal power and divine nature—are not hidden at all. From the moment He spoke the universe into being, they have been on brilliant display, “clearly perceived” through the things He has made. The stars, the seasons, the very breath in our lungs testify with such clarity that no one can plead ignorance. The Author of life created a huge billboard as a witness to Him that screams: “I AM HERE. I AM GOD. SEEK ME.”

You don’t have to be camping in a remote area or sailing across a vast ocean to experience the enormity of God’s creation. Just turn off, set aside, and leave behind everything that is distracting you. Walk outside this evening and look up to see one of God’s greatest witnesses, allow that witness to turn you toward Him, to convince you to draw near to Him, and to open your heart to be filled with His light. – Amen

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