“The laws of creation [are] no more or less sure than the laws of redemption. And these laws of creation are sure precisely because God has covenanted to make them sure as a part of His carrying out His own purposes [see Jer. 32: 16-23; 33:19-22]. If the laws that govern creation are covenantal in nature, we should expect that a study of the nature of God's covenant should give us insight into the character of the laws of creation. Yet at the same time we must not miss Jeremiah chapter 31 echoing the book of Job in saying that God's wisdom in His establishing and working out His purposes in creation is unfathomable to us:
Were you there when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy? Job 38:4-7
...By implication, all of creation, though mysterious to us in many ways, answers directly to God who upholds it...We should not expect the world to act entirely predictably as a big machine; we should expect that it holds surprises for us that we will never entirely uncover and comprehend.”
From Science and Grace: God's Reign in the Natural Sciences, p. 104
G. Mark Sumpter
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