A Physics Lesson

Every year Professor Lee would give the same lecture to his students. Basically he would say, "If I drop this glass beaker, gravity will cause it to hit the concrete floor and it will break. There is nothing that will stop it, not even if you pray to your GOD!"

You see, Professor Lee was an atheist, and he would say the last part with a great deal of contempt in his voice and on his face. No student ever challenged the professor for fear of looking foolish in front of everyone.

One year a freshman decided to challenge Professor Lee. He knew his class would be subjected to this lecture, just as classes had heard it for several years. He asked Richard Harvey to pray for him two weeks before the infamous lecture was to be given again. The freshman explained that he was tired of God being mocked, and felt that God must be tired of it, too. He was going to give all the Glory to God and explain that it had nothing to do with himself, that all the power was God's alone.

Richard agreed and did indeed pray for the next two weeks.

On the day of the declamation, Richard had that period free and decided to go witness the challenge. Sure enough, the moment came when Professor Lee made it by proclaiming, "If I drop this glass beaker, gravity will cause it to hit the concrete floor and it will break. There is nothing that will stop it, not even if you pray to your GOD!" The Freshman stood up and challenged his professor. Lee took the challenge and gave the freshman a moment to say his prayer.

The student thanked God for giving him the opportunity to let the Lord's power be shown, gave thanks to Jesus for His shed blood and the power of His name, asked for forgiveness for not preventing God from being mocked up until then, and thanked God for preventing the beaker from breaking when Professor Lee dropped it. He denied that there was any personal credit to be given to himself and gave all the Glory to God.

The room was silent. All eyes were on Professor Lee as he raised the beaker and let go of it. As everyone looked on, the beaker tilted ever so slightly in mid air as it descended toward the concrete floor and its imminent destruction. It hit the professor's shoe, rolled across the floor and bumped into the lectern unscathed. The room erupted in laughter.

Professor never gave that lecture again.