Daily Devotional

Each day I receive a devotional that stimulates me to faith and good works. I sometimes share them with you. If you want to receive them, contact Chuck Clark. chuck@stationedhere.com

As a scientist I have been challenged many times by Christian friends and pastors who have a tendency to reject analytical thinking. Some even see medicine and psychology as enemies of God and the Bible.

On the other hand, as a person that believes in god and His works I have been treated with disrespect by some people who consider themselves to be "scientific" and anti-religious. Both extremes have found me to be objectionable. That is why I like this article.

CALL UPON THE LORD AND HE WILL ANSWER

Monday - April 24, 2006

“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3

Robert Boyle was founder of the Royal Society in London and is sometimes called the father of modern chemistry. He was born at Lismore Castle, in Ireland on 25 January 1627. In 1643, he became a Christian while studying in Switzerland. Boyle was the first scientist to perform controlled experiments and to publish his work with elaborate details concerning procedure, apparatus and observations. He assembled the first "research group", invented the vacuum pump and litmus paper. In 1662 developed Boyle’s Law that states: “Under conditions of constant temperature and quantity, there is an inverse relationship between the volume and pressure for an ideal gas.”

Boyle had a deep commitment to Christ. In 1677, he provided funding for the translation of the four Gospels and the Book of Acts into the Malayan language.

He believed there were things we could never know, but that God's purposes were not completely inaccessible to us. He began each day with prayer and Bible reading and he believed that during prayer and worship the Lord revealed His greatest secrets. Boyle recommended that scientists do their experiments on Sundays, as part of their Sabbath worship.

In his will, Boyle left an endowment to provide sufficient income for an annual lectureship to combat atheism, they became known as the Boyle Lectures.

Are you faced with a difficult problem? Take it to the Lord, He will give you wisdom on how to deal with it. Today in prayer, look to Christ for the answers to today’s problems and He will answer.

“God denies a Christian nothing, but with a design to give him something better.” Richard Cecil

“‘So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?’ The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him, ‘Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.’” 1 Kings 3:9-12