Thursday 18 February 2021

199 - The mind of scientists

 'But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.' ( Job 32:8, NLT)

As we entered 2021, it felt like all our hopes for any kind of return to 'normal' was pinned on the news of several new vaccines for the covid virus. 

And while it is incredible how quickly they were made, it can be easy to forget who is behind the minds of the men and women who worked to come up with these vaccinations in the first place. 

God gave man intelligence. He gave them the curiosity to try things, to keep experimenting. Think how fast medicine in particular has come within just the last century. 

Apparently scientists were working on the Oxford vaccine before the virus was officially in the UK. Who put that foresight into their minds, I wonder?

I saw in the news that they may have a vaccine for all the variants within a year. How do they work so fast? 

Now, regardless of what your thoughts are on the vaccines themselves, there are many, many things that science is responsible for. Many good things - food hygiene, cleaning products, medicines and more. 

I am certainly thankful that God put such intelligent people into our world. Because I have no idea what Bendroflumethiazide is, or what to do with it!