Negentropy

There is a counterpart of entropy, the law that all things eventually decay. It’s called negentropy. Negentropy is the increase of information that results in the decrease of disorder. If sin leads to decay and perishing, vision provides the solution (Proverbs 29:18)

In the physical world, he only way to prevent entropy is to counter it with outside energy source that will counteracts it. For instance, when you plug a refrigerator into an electrical outlet,  it produces cold air that keeps food from rotting. But if you unplug that refrigerator, decay will take over again.

Spiritually, that is what happens to us when we disconnect from God. Para (perish) takes over. The only way to stop spiritual entropy is to connect to God. Sin introduced entropy, the process of decay, disorder, and disharmony when Adam and Eve rebelled against God in the Garden of Eden. The account of the fall of man in Genesis 3 is a story of entropy. In fact, Paul tells us in Romans 8:21 that we are :in bondage to decay.” It is is inescapable.

However, the story of redemption through Jesus Christ is one of freedom for those who are captive to the chains of sin and the destruction of spiritual entropy. Jesus Himself said in John 10:10: “The thief comes to kill, steal and destroy. I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly.” Don't miss it...the thief bring entropy; Jesus is the negentropy!

I started this week by encouraging you that God is in the business of reversing the irreversible! What areas of your life are in decay? Where are you experiencing the entropy of sin? That is the very place where God wants to reverse the power of sin in your life and start you on the road to healing.

(A special thanks to Mark Batterson, of National Community Church, for the thoughts in this series).