God Hangs the Earth on Nothing
Let’s delve a little deeper into our study on the occurrences of the word “nothing” in the Bible. So far, we’ve seen that nothing is too hard for God, and God’s people lack nothing. Today, let’s discuss how God hung the world on nothing.
“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. ”
I’m baffled by evolutionists. I truly am. How can they look around at all God has created and say, “It just happened”? How can they deny there was a designer, a creator? What amazes me is how they have no trouble believing buildings must have an architect and computers must have a designer. In fact, even the world would view them as idiotic if they were to proclaim that man-made items simply formed themselves. Why is it they can give credit to man for his “creation” but not God?
I’ve probably told you this joke before, but I love it. Two scientists were talking with God one day and exclaimed how they understood DNA well enough that they, too, could create a man. They went on and on about how brilliant they were and how humanity no longer had need of God. After hearing their claims, God challenged them to prove they could create a man. One scientist bent down and scooped up a handful of dirt, but God immediately stopped him. “No, no,” God said, “Get your own dirt.”
We think we’re so smart, but even the greatest inventors of all time had to begin with something. None of them created out of nothing. But God did. In the beginning, there was God. . . and that’s it! Everything else was created. From the light to the water to the plants to the animals to man himself. God made it all.
That is amazing enough, but when I read today’s verse, I’m utterly astounded. God hung the earth on nothing. You’ve seen the pictures from space, right? The earth is not attached to any rope or string. It isn’t suspended by bungee cords or perched on a shelf. It, along with all the other planets and stars out there, is merely hovering in space. In perfect synchronization. Never shifting too close together or too far apart. Spinning beautifully, held up by some invisible force.
It boggles the mind that such a thing is possible, but I’m even more amazed by the lengths to which some people will go to deny creation. Somebody had to plan all of this. There is no way all of this could have happened by accident. In my opinion, it takes far more faith to believe in evolution than it does creation.
As for me, I choose to believe God created the world and everything in it. He didn’t have to, but He did. Furthermore, He holds it all in His hands. This is a comfort because it reminds me how great and mighty a God I serve. If He can make something from nothing (and He did), what could He make of my life if I surrender it to Him?
“All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. ”