Ultimately the technological landslide we are experiencing is also carrying with it a devestating lack of responsibility, accountability, and morality. It is sustaining to know that God is in charge, control, and Sovereign. The lack of justice and mercy in the right now can be overcome in the end by a God who has his divine hand in everything waiting for the right moment to show us a beautiful work or art from what we assumed were only ashes. The true test of faith is to endure the right now waiting for the art shows opening night.

Yesterday I was having a conversation with someone who believes that the miracles of Jesus recorded in the Bible can easily be replicated with technology, hence tapping into the "divinity" inherent in all of us. We now bring people back from the dead through resuscitative medical equipment, heal blindness, physical handicaps of all kinds, prescribe medicine for those with symptoms of demon possession which were undoubtedly epilepsy, schizophrenia, etc., and in short, have evolved to such an extent that we can all be Jesus, experiencing the divine potential that humans possess. I have a different belief... that technological capacity does not equal God. In fact, I find that my need for God the Supreme Creator increases almost in direct proportion to society's technological and scientific advances. While seemingly miraculous discoveries hurtle us faster and faster into the 21st century, and are in so many ways lifealtering and truly amazing, nothing equals or begins to approach the miracle of
God's overwhelming love for each and every one of His children, or the heartbreakingly beautiful miracle of Jesus' sacrifice and restoring of our broken relationship with our Father for our salvation, for creating a means for our path back home in the sweet, warm light of forgiveness and tenderness. Do I believe that Jesus my gentle shepherd, and my King, performed miracles when He lived among us on earth?... with all my heart, I do. Could these be replicated with modern methods? Probably. But replication is not truth... it's a copy of something entirely different. To think that we can "evolve" to become our own deity is an ultimately despairing thought indeed. The appeal of doing everything ourselves, of having our every need and desire satisfied by the computer wizardry at our fingertips may seem great in the moment, but leaves the soul appallingly empty. Consider that perhaps as our scientific ability grows, so does our longing to connect and engage with the One who existed before the beginning of time, who will exist long after all of this has passed away, and who is sovereignity, and mystery, and eternity personified. In the book of Psalms, when the verse speaks of "deep calling to deep", I believe that David refers to the familiar ache in the heart of everyone who has ever felt the pull of God's loving call to seek His face, and to find Him no matter what or how long, because in the end, while so many incredible things are daily made possible in our earthly realm, and can and should be used for great good, the greatest and holiest good, and the most humbling miracle is the eternal, unchanging nature of God, and the place where our souls may find the sweetest embrace of all.