I recently came across this interesting proverb (Proverbs 25:2) "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter."  We love to learn new things and we love to award and praise the people who discover new things.  All the people on our "Key Figures in Science" page are ones who have added to the collective knowledge of humanity.  We extol these people.  We treat them as if they have become little gods.  I know I'm like that.  I've loved astronomy since I was a kid with a telescope looking at the moon, learning the constellations, and designing my own spaceships instead of doing my homework.

But, back to the proverb, if it is to our glory to discover things, why is it God's glory to hide things?  Look at our history and how we have used our discoveries.  It seems for every benefit there is a danger.  Rockets can boost shuttles into space, or can power missiles to destroy distant targets.  Nuclear energy can produce electricity to power cities or can explode in a bomb and destroy them.  Or even something as seemingly benign as a street light that brightens a path for walking at night, but floods out the stars in the sky.  You can make up your own list of things that could have been better left hidden.  To conceal a matter is not just God's glory, it's our safety.  Maybe if we were more concerned with His glory instead of our own, the world wouldn't be such a dangerous place. 

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