| And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. | ||
| Colossians 1:17 | ||
| There’s an interesting law of science called Coulomb’s Law of Electricity which very simply says like charges repel. If you have a magnet in your right hand and a magnet in your left hand, and you push the positive ends towards each other, they push away. Opposite charges attract; like charges repel. But here’s a great mystery: in the nucleus of the atom, protons are packed together which are all positive-charged particles. What keeps these positive-charged protons from repelling like the magnets? What holds them together? Science doesn’t know. You can study quantum physics and learn lots of hypotheses and theories, yet to this day, it’s a mystery to scientists — but not to believers, for Scripture tells us the real answer. It is Jesus Christ who holds all things together. And the day is coming when, suddenly, He will let go ... But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Peter 3:10 This was written, of course, before man knew anything about nuclear physics or about things being dissolved instantaneously. But now we know if the ‘atomic glue’ which holds the atom together were to suddenly disappear, everything would dissolve in zillion-degree ‘fervent heat’ accompanied by a ‘great noise’ so powerful and quick it wouldn’t even be heard. For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Isaiah 65:17 Everything will vaporize and evaporate as if it never existed. Not only that, but in heaven, even the memory will be taken away. Think about that next time you’re hammering, painting, fixing your house. Of course, we should be good stewards of the things with which God has blessed us, but we must have the right perspective, always remembering that the things of this earth are temporary. By Him all things are held together — not just physically, but in my life personally. My emotions, my family, my mental stability — He holds it all together. I forget that sometimes. Things fall apart, and I fly off the handle whenever I take myself out of His custody and say, ‘Lord, that’s MY thing. That’s MY situation, MY problem, MY challenge. I’ll deal with it!’ No. By Him all things are held together. By Him all things consist. | ||
