The Science of Gravity

Watching 68 shiny blue caps fall from the sky, elegantly dropping like raindrops on the stadium seating, I remember my own yahoo moment. It is a rite of passage to release the cap, so to speak.

After 12 or so years of study, each graduating senior feels a tremendous sense of enthusiasm. Off with the old and on to the new. On this occasion, there were 68 graduating seniors. One was my second born daughter. She and her schoolmates made-up quite a distinguished group of scholars. As the monumental figure of scholarship awards and acknowledgments of accomplishment were memorialized by the speaker, one thread began to be apparent.

Over and over, I heard the term service: service to community, service to country, service to church, and service within their own families. This group had made it a goal to work for the good of others. This group had also made it their focus to keep their eyes on Christ’s priorities in the world.

This makes them a little offbeat and maybe even geeky to some. Sure, there were engineering scholars, medical scholars, and even volleyball scholars in the group. But, none of those giftings overshadowed the love they had developed for serving others through Kingdom purposes.

Check out, Psalm 1:1-3

Scoffing is an old-fashioned bible word. It is also a great word. It means to mock or make fun of a point of view. In this application, it means to join in with the worldview that there is no God. The view that you can live for yourself, your interests, and that there is no accountability to a creator God.

Nothing in our cultural world shares the point of view that what we do today, will matter in eternity. When Jesus said that true religion, or Kingdom work, is to take care of the widows and orphans, he meant it. A scoffer lives like there is no accountability and you should take all this world offers while you can. Every man for himself, let the good times roll.

God promises that our lives will prosper deeply as we live out in His laws and His Kingdom ways. Remember the rule of gravity: what goes up, will come down. Think about that and try not to step on that graduation hat laying on the floor next to you. What you give out into this world, will one day come back to you. Plant good things. Good stuff will grow and be there waiting in eternity. That is where the real party just begins.

Gravity. You just thought you were done with science rules!