“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.” Hebrews 1:3
“Opposites attract and likes repel.” What is sometimes true between the sexes is always true in science. Atoms exist because the positively-charged protons of the nucleus attract the negatively-charged electrons which whiz around it. But if “likes repel” and the protons huddled in the nucleus have the same positive charge, why don’t all atoms and, consequently, all of the universe blow apart? Let me not bore or mislead you with my diminutive understanding of particle theory; just know this: within the very tiny nucleus of each atom, a powerful force exists which supersedes the intense electromagnetic force of the repelling protons. Physicists appropriately call this force “strong force,” but the interactions and behavior of the teeny-tiny quarks and gluons (as in “glue on”) which are essential in strong force are yet to be fully understood—by some. Others have gotten it for a while. “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all thing by his powerful word”(Heb. 1:3).
On the smallest level and the largest, Jesus holds it all together. All that exists is sustained by His powerful word. Because He says so, it is and we are. “By him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible or invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him…and in him all things hold together”(Colossians 1:16-17).
Scientists can study and theorize, explain and expound, but the crux of the matter, and of matter itself, is a God powerful enough to create, strong enough to sustain, and loving enough to save. The crux of the matter is the cross.
When you feel as though you’re falling apart, you don’t have to hold yourself together.
Jesus already is.
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