Today's Devotion: By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. (The Holy Bible: New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984, S. Heb 11:3)

This passage is the basis for our belief in the concept of Intelligent Design. It describes a world that was created out of nothing.

Today's Comments: How did God create the world? If we read Genisis, Chapter 1, we begin to understand that God willed it out of nothing. It is the concept of ex nihilo. God didn't form the world with his hands or take a bunch of dirt, put it into a ball, and throw it up into the heavens. He just said, "let there be............................" It is only in the formation of man (Genesis 2) that God uses physical matter to create. This passage in the book of Hebrews reminds us that our understanding of creation is born out of faith. We cannot confirm it by science. We can only accept what the Bible tells us and have faith that it is true.