 I guess I was thinking about the
expanse of the whole thing, from the
smallest to the largest. When I look
at a small straight pin, a bottle
cap or a clover, I know that those
smarter than me have attested to the
fact that atoms and even sub-atomic
particles like neutrons, electrons
and protons are swirling around in
their own private little solar
systems that make up the “matter”
that form those things. That
straight pin and the others are all
made up of millions of atoms with
their smaller sup-atomic parts. And
some say that since there is a
polarizing effect of those little
particles flying around, they
naturally tend to repel each other
and have a tendency to “fly apart”
and scatter everywhere. And yet,
there they are just swirling around
that atom in perfect harmony, not
tearing anything up, but just being
a bottle cap or straight pin.
My mind can’t even wrap around the
amount of power it would take to
hold those atoms together to keep
them from exploding all over the
place. But I know that God holds it
together in such a way as it works
according to his will. This is
confirmed in the New Testament in
the writings of the Apostle Paul.
"He [Jesus the Christ] is the
image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of all creation. For by
him all things created, in heaven
and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or
rules or authorities--all things
were created through him and for
him. And he is before all things,
and in him all things hold
together." (Colossians 1:15-17)
Then I realize that in order to
destroy everything all he would have
to do is relax for a moment and
everything would explode into a
giant ball of fire.
From the straight pin I move to the
entire earth, then to our solar
system and am amazed at the design
being so similar. Then to the galaxy
and those countless ones beyond; I
can’t even wrap my mind around the
number of atoms, protons or
electrons that are in that vastness.
Then along came this story from a
friend, written by who knows who,
about an ant carrying a contact lens
on a mountain side that became
reunited with the person who lost
it. No matter what the size or
amount or the complexity of it, God
always takes care of what we need at
exactly the right time we need it.
After all He does pretty well with
the universe and keeping it going,
so why couldn't He look after us
pretty well.
“The Ant and the Contact Lens: a
true story
Brenda was almost halfway to the top
of the tremendous granite cliff. She
was standing on a ledge where she
was taking a breather during this,
her first rock climb. As she rested
there, the safety rope snapped
against her eye and knocked out her
contact lens. 'Great', she thought.
'Here I am on a rock ledge, hundreds
of feet from the bottom and hundreds
of feet to the top of this cliff,
and now my sight is blurry.'
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She looked and looked, hoping that somehow
it had landed on the ledge. But it just
wasn't there.
She felt
the panic rising in her, so she began praying. She prayed
for calm, and she prayed that she may find her contact lens.
When she got to the top, a friend examined her eye
and her clothing for the lens, but it was not to be
found. Although she was calm now that she was at the
top, she was saddened because she could not clearly
see across the range of mountains. She thought of
the bible verse 'The eyes of the Lord run to and fro
throughout the whole earth.'
She thought,
'Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every stone and
leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help
me.'
Later, when
they had hiked down the trail to the bottom of the cliff they
met another party of climbers just starting up the face of the
cliff. One of them shouted out, 'Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a
contact lens?'
Well, that
would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw it?
An ant was moving slowly across a twig on the face of the rock,
carrying it!
The story
doesn't end there. Brenda's father is a cartoonist. When she
told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the
contact lens, he drew a cartoon of an ant lugging that contact
lens with the caption, 'Lord, I don't know why You want me to
carry this thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy. But if
this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You.'
I think it
would do all of us some good to say, 'God, I don't know why You
want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it's
awfully heavy. But, if You want me to carry it, I will.'
God doesn't
call the qualified, He qualifies the called."
Yes, I do love
GOD. He is my source of existence and my Savior. He keeps me
functioning each and every day, "Without Him, I am nothing,
but with Him... I can do all things through Christ which
strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13)
[By JIM KILLEBREW]
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