Simply Space Dust?
The Bulletin, 6/3/26
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One of the biggest questions in all of mankind’s history is one that men still wrestle with today: why are we here?
For the Christian, the answer is easy. For other theists, the answers range from somewhat straightforward to quite complex. But for those who reject the idea of a Supernatural Creator, their efforts are doomed from the start.
In their view, we are just a cosmic accident that evolved over billions of years through trial and error, crawling out of the ooze to eventually become what we are today. How depressing.
Pop scientist Neil DeGrasse Tyson tried to give a positive spin by pointing to the theory that we are made of the same elements as stardust as a reason to feel a sense of purpose, saying,
“That to me is the greatest gift of modern astrophysics to civilization. It borders on the spiritual. So when I go out and look up, I don’t think to myself, ‘look how small I am, in space and time.’ Yes, that’s true. But look at how big you are. You’re made of the same ingredients that made those stars. That’s a sense of meaning and purpose that, for me, knows no equal.”
So, …how does that give purpose? I’m sure it’s a neat bit of trivia, in that view of the universe. But just being connected to other irrelevant matter that got here by coincidence does not confer meaning.
No, life has meaning because it has a Creator who gave it meaning. We matter because He made us, and He wants us. Not only did He make us in His image, He loved us enough to send His only Son to die for us (John 3:16).
And in Christ, our grasp of our worth gets even better. We don’t have to be space dust made from dying stars, as Tyson consoles himself. No, we are the stars that Abraham was told to count in Genesis 15. We are the descendants, recipients, and stewards of a 4,000-year-old lineage of faithfulness as part of God’s grand plan for humanity. That’s way cooler than having some flecks of star debris in our atoms.
Your life matters. What a blessing it is to know why it matters, and to feel the love the Creator has toward us!