Daily devotion – holding things together!
The Creator…Gen 1:1
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth
The genius of God has staggered humanity for generations. The structure and design of the universe is amazing!
The force of gravity is that unknown force that causes a mass to be attracted to another mass. What causes this to happen is not known. But what is known is that if the force of gravity was 1% higher than its present rate, our sun would be much bigger than it presently is and all life on earth would be burnt to a crisp.
However if the force of gravity were just 1% less than it currently is, the sun would be too small to support life on earth and we would all freeze.
There are times when we think we are going to just disintegrate with the pressures we face in life here on earth. The Bible makes a wonderful statement that we are being kept in tact by Jesus Christ Himself – Colossians 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
The nuclear force is that which keeps the protons in the nucleus of every atom together. Protons are positively charged particles that are densely packed in the centre (called the nucleus) of each atom. They are packed in the nucleus with neutral particles called neutrons. Anyone who has played with two magnets knows the two positively charged ends repel each other when held together and this repulsion gets stronger as the magnets are drawn together.
The same thing happens in the nucleus of an atom. Physicists propose that there is a force that holds these protons in place and this force is able to overcome the powerful repulsive force.
If there was a very slight increase in the strength of this nuclear force then the number of protons that would be attracted to the nucleus would greatly increase and the universe would consist of mainly heavy metals.
The chemicals of life – oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, would be almost non-existent.
A very slight increase in the nuclear force and the only element in the universe would be hydrogen, which contains only one proton.
The result – no life!
Psalm 19: 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.
Could it be that when the Bible speaks of – 2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
……That at this moment in time Christ simply lets go of holding these things together?