Entropy Versus Eternity by David Jeremiah

Monday, August 6 Entropy Versus Eternity    Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them.” Ecclesiastes 12:1    The Second Law of Thermodynamics says that a system’s energy gradually decreases, resulting in disorder or randomness—a state called entropy. Over time, entropy (disorder) increases in any closed system without new infusions of energy. Everything tends toward a state of disorder over time.

Recommended Reading: Ecclesiastes 12:1-8

Leave a house unattended for 100 years and it will likely fall down. Humanly speaking, our body is in the process of wearing out, of breaking down. Solomon didn’t know the science, but he knew the reality. He admonished his readers to remember God and His blessings in the days of their youth, for days are coming when life will be more challenging. He used images from nature to illustrate how real the decline of life is (Ecclesiastes 12:2-7). Eyes grow dim, teeth fall out, bones get stiff. It’s not a macabre image—it’s real life! But breakdown is not the true end of life for those who know God in Christ. Entropy (disorder) may increase, but eternal life goes on forever. Remember the goodness of God today. Christianity is not engrossed by this transitory world, but measures all things by the thought of eternity.  J. Gresham Machen