The Truth in Everything #2
Order, Disorder, and the Divine Law
In this second entry of The Truth in Everything, I explore the deep order woven into all of existence. From entropy to negentropy, I reflect on how even the language of modern science points to something greater. Science, at its best, doesn't replace God—it reveals His design.
There is an order in this universe — a deep and living order — far beyond our full comprehension. But if we are willing to look, it is obvious.
On the macro scale, we see it in the sky: each morning, the sun rises, and each night the stars take their place on stage in the heavens.
Throughout creation, we see this same principle. The very rhythms of our bodies — countless cells working in harmony to sustain life — mirror this cosmic order on the micro scale.
Some may call this gravity; others, like Nikola Tesla, suggested it is ultimately electromagnetism. Einstein, late in life, hinted that behind it all lies a conscious governing principle — a pantheistic or cosmic mind.
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I believe they glimpsed something true — but partial. This governing principle is nothing other than Divine Law — the wisdom and power of God Himself, holding His creation together.
In fact, modern science allows us to speak of this order as negentropy — the force of organization, coherence, and life. Its opposite, entropy, is disorder, decay, and dissolution.
But why is there entropy at all? Why was the universe created with both order and the possibility of disorder?
Because if love were forced upon us, it would not be love. If order were imposed absolutely, we could not choose it — and so our love, our longing, our praise would be meaningless.
Freedom was granted — so that love, and worship, and joyful participation in God’s order could be chosen, not compelled.
Yet once disorder was chosen — as the Fathers teach regarding the Fall — entropy entered creation. Communion with God was fractured, and the world became subject to corruption and decay.
But this cosmic battle is not impersonal. It touches each of us directly.
Just as blood cells carry oxygen to the heart, so angels are bearers of God’s order — they convey His will and His energy into creation. They are, in a sense, the carriers of negentropy — sustaining the divine harmony.
Yet there are also demons — fallen angels who now act as parasites, seeding disorder, confusion, and sin. They traffic in entropy.
And so each human being becomes a battleground. We are constantly subject to both influences — and through our choices, we contribute to either order or disorder.
When we choose good — when we obey God, and align with His will — we become channels through which order is restored to the world. Disorder is transformed through us, by grace.
We do not do this alone. We are connected to the divine through consciousness — not mere self-awareness, but the deeper consciousness that God gives to every person, which allows us to participate in His life.
You may picture us as filters through which the river of time flows. And in this river, both order and disorder swirl. Demons constantly seek to inject disorder — whispering temptations, distractions, lies — through the currents of consciousness.
But we are not helpless. We can fight. We can call upon the angels, and above all, upon God Himself.
And we have been given the perfect example: Jesus Christ — fully man, fully God — who suffered as man, yet saves us as God.
Through Him, we see the path of perfect obedience, perfect love, perfect ordering of the soul.
And we know that He acts not alone, but as one person of the Holy Trinity — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — one essence in three Persons, united in perfect love.
The Trinity is not reducible to psychological categories. Yet to aid our limited understanding, one may glimpse an analogy in the way our mind, body, and soul act together — distinct yet united. Or as some have likened it, the will, the word, and the breath of God. Everything in the universe, even our minds, are made by God, and us as humans, have been made in His image.
In the end, all of this points us to one truth:
We are called — in every moment — to choose order over disorder, communion over corruption, love over selfishness.
And in doing so, we glorify God — and His wisdom fills us with awe.