Omnipotent, part 1

"In every command and in every promise of the word of God is the power, the very life of God, by which the command may be fulfilled and the promise realized.  He who by faith receives the word is receiving the very life and character of God." COL 38.1

Lets think about this, if I believe the word I receive the power.  But how much power does God put into His word?  Can that amount be quantified?  He created all things by His word.  So how much power did God put in an atom?  If I knew that, then, I could understand a little bit of how powerful He really is; and also understand the strength in a promise.

The Manhattan project discovered the potential God locked up in an atom.  Their success caused nuclear devastation   The bomb dropped on Hiroshima released what God put into just under 0.035 ounces of mass.

That is a very small amount of matter.  It weighs a little less than a paper clip.

The Encyclopedia of Physics states that "The total mass of the stars and gas in our galaxy is about 200 billion solar masses..."  This means that just the stars and gas (excluding planets, asteroids, meteorites etc) in our galaxy probably weigh as much as 200 billion suns.

These are numbers and amounts that I cannot fathom.  My inability to comprehend the mass in our galaxy means I cannot ever understand the power of God. (Of course, that makes sense because He is omnipotent).

But here is something I can know.  The most powerful human manipulation of God's creation, a nuclear bomb, released the energy from mass as heavy as a paper clip.  And although, I cannot even begin to understand the contrast between a paper clip and the weight of our galaxy, the Lord has promised that all His power is at my disposal. "He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8:32).  This means that all the power locked up in the atoms of 200 billion suns is mine and your's in faith.