Dark Matter and Dark Energy...There have been movies made about it, books written with it as its center (
Angels and Demons), and countless debate and research done on it....I LOVE science...it provides clear truth that their is a God over and over again. The Dark Matter is another proof that God is real. Dark matter as best I can understand is some sort of focused gravitational force that pulls objects together and keeps them in place within the universe. (It is believed that unstable dark matter is what forms black holes- Places in space where gravity is so strong that even light is pulled in and cannot exist!) Dark energy is the opposite of dark matter in that this force pushes objects apart in the universe. Pretty interesting stuff if you enjoy looking up at the stars and thinking about science! See...if it were not for this matter then the beautiful constellations we can see like the big dipper and orions belt theoretically would not exist...the starts in the constellations would just drift any which way they chose. Yet they don't! Without fail I can look up on a clear night and easily find the big dipper, the little dipper, and may other constellations, in their perfect place...just as they have been since the first book of the Bible was written. That's right! Many people believe the book of Job was the first book of the Bible to be written chronologically...and the writer of Job refers to God's total control of the universe...it seems that God is the one who hold the constellations together. Read this from Job 38
| Job 38:31-33 | "Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion? |
| Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth [fn] in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children? |
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| Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? |
What do you think Pleiades, Orion, Mazzaroth, and the Bear are referring too? Constellations!!! In this chapter of Job, God is rebuking Job for questioning His sovereignty/directions/choices. So he asks Job who binds/looses the constellations? INSERT DARK MATTER/ENERGY!!!! God is the one who is holding the universe together (Cf Colossians 1- God holds all things together)! He is the designer of extreme gravitational forces that keep our home the milky way from running into the Galaxy Andromeda! Not only does God control the universe but he also cares for us in the smallest ways. I take Colossians 1 quite literally! You see ..you body is made up of oodles of googles of atoms ( a google is a 1 with 100 zero's behind it...random fact...now you understand the inspiration behind the search engine :) Anyway...these atoms are always working and atoms do 2 big things. First of all Atoms bond to other Atoms creating molecules. They also split away from molecules binding to other molecules. (there are also fusion and fission reactions, fusion is the permanent binding of atoms I believe and fission is the splitting of atoms) So God has designed 2 hydrogen atoms to perfectly fit with 1 oxygen thus making...WATER! But see the atoms in our skin SHOULD either bond with things we touch...or...EXPLODE when we touch things. Anything...water, wood, jello, butter, rock.. ANYTHING. So how come our bodies don't split apart? And how come when I touch a remote it does not stick to my hand? Because God is truly holding all things together...
God has created atoms to work in such a way that the electrons create an electro-static field so when they come in contact with other atoms they simply repel from that object because of the field. Now the one thing keeping the universe from blowing apart is the fact that atoms will actually share electrons as well. Every keystroke I make should result in a catastrophic reaction and yet God has created electrons to repel from each other or to share with one another in order to be held together. Colossians 1.
So why...WHY do I struggle so often to trust that God is enough for my life? WHY is it hard to trust, to have faith, to submit all things to the one who keep the flaming, boiling, MASSIVE stars of the universe holding in their place? Proverbs 3:5-6 says "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall make your paths straight." Is this too much to ask? No not really.
There are some things in my life the HURT so bad and are so hard to trust God with, yet...as much as they hurt, are confusing, don't make sense, anger me, sadden me, puzzle me....Well I can trust that God is enough and He is in control of my life!
Love in Christ,
Nathaniel
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