Imitation is the best form of flattery

Imitation is the best form of flattery

You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. Psalms 139:13 NIV
I recently read that IBM has created an experimental computer chip. It is designed to imitate the structural and synaptic functions of the brain. They say that these new cognitive (thinking) computers would learn through experience, find correlations, create hypotheses, and remember the outcomes. Think of it this way, eventually your car will know how to drive you to work. Or maybe your television will know what your favorite shows are and record them for you. Imagine that your computer can do your taxes or act as a tutor for students. Maybe we are on the cusp of robotic helpers for the elderly and those with physical disabilities?

When scientists couldn't make a better computer chip, they turned to God's design. And what they have found in the master engineer's design is radically beyond their wildest imaginations. Their imitation of the brain seems to me the best form of flattery. In a way, it is an acknowledgment that God has created something brilliant, timeless and profound.

Now consider this, you are God’s brilliant design. You are leaps and bounds beyond the wildest of our imaginations. You are God's great idea! You are a radical design because you were created in His image (Genesis 1:27). We are His masterpiece! We were created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10). When we live our lives according to God’s design and when we do the work He has planned for us, I think we pay the greatest compliment to the Lord.