There’s no question that mankind has struggled to understand the mysteries of the universe for centuries, if not longer. Modern science has developed tools and techniques that continue to strip away the layers of those mysteries in an ever-increasing library of knowledge. But, like the layers of an onion, every layer revealed exposes a new layer and a new mystery.

Just as science continues to advance, the mysteries seem to multiply.

Science struggles to calculate the age of the universe, despite the fact that the standards applied are man-made. What is a year but the time our earth takes to make one full circle around our sun? So, we are applying a standard that didn’t exist when the universe was formed. For that matter, science cannot even agree on what time is, except in human terms. A year, a day, an hour, are all human-defined terms for a particular observed cycle. Perhaps time is a tool of God that allows for a sequence of events to happen without interference with each other.

We might also consider that, with an eternity to work with, God can use His tool of time to allow His other tools to process gradually. While, in human terms, we wonder at the concept of millions of years for evolution or erosion to occur, on God’s calendar, it may only be a tick of His clock.

Science is also hard at work trying to unravel the mysteries of the structure of matter. Once again, as we peel away another layer of the onion of matter, we find new layers that defy understanding. While the atom may have once been considered the basic foundation of all matter, science has since determined that even microscopic atoms are composed of even smaller elements, and those elements are composed of even smaller building blocks.

Science understands the workings of a magnetic field, but not why it exists. Science understands the power of the force of gravity, but not why it exists. Science knows there are frequencies of light we cannot see, and sounds we cannot hear, but not why.

Science postulates that there are dimensions of existence that we cannot detect, but not why.

It may be that God has a myriad of interacting tools that are beyond our reach, and more importantly, beyond our understanding. It may be that the biggest roadblock to our full understanding is that we have no language to describe those tools, and no image to visualize. Imagine trying to explain the workings of your cell phone to a jellyfish.

Perhaps we need to accept the truth that the works and tools of God are forever beyond our comprehension. If we could unlock God’s toolbox, chances are we wouldn’t be capable of understanding what we beheld. The complexities and interactions of all the elements of our existence and the universe we inhabit is clear proof of intelligent design, and an intelligence beyond our comprehension.