In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth
was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters.
And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Genesis 1:1-3 (NLT)
Genesis 1:1-3 (NLT)
Think
about this . . . . God created the heavens with a word.
The
picture below is of what is called the Whirlpool Galaxy. It is 31
million light years from where you are sitting right now.
So . . . . travel 186,000 miles per second for 31 million years and you
can reach this.
Light
came out of “the mouth of God” traveling 186,000 miles per second.
That's how fast light is traveling through the universe.
A light year is how far light travels in a year - it is 5.88 trillion
miles. So . . . . multiply 5.88 trillion miles times 31 million light years -
and that's the distance you've got to cover to get to this galaxy. That galaxy
contains 300 billion stars and it is one of hundreds of billions of other
galaxies in the universe.
God
is big.
If
the sun was an orange the earth would be a piece of sand 30 feet away, Pluto
would be a piece of sand 10 blocks away, and the closest stars would be oranges
about 1,000 miles away.
The
earth travels around the Sun at an average distance of 93 million miles (It
would take 163 years to get there at 65 miles per hour).
The Solar system is about 8 billion miles in diameter (It would take 6857
years to reach Pluto at 65mph). If
the earth is traveling at the speed of light – 186,000,000 miles per sec –
it would take 100,000 years to reach the other side of our solar system.
There are an estimated 10 billion galaxies all separated by at least 100,000
light years.
God
just spoke it all into being.
"The
LORD merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born." Psalm 33:6 (NLT)
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born." Psalm 33:6 (NLT)
To
me this is way beyond comprehension. What
is also beyond my comprehension is that God actually notices and cares about me.
I find that unfathomable. How
can that be? Yet I am told to
believe it and that in believing it my life will be changed.
If
you want to discover how our Big God actually notices, cares about and interacts
with you in a personal way you are invited to learn more on Sunday at CLC at
9:00 or 10:30.
For
more:
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