Colossians 1:17 declares two ways of how Jesus controls the creation: Time and Space or history:
• Vs. 17 Time: “And He is before all things”: My grandson has a favorite word “MINE” but there is only one person that can truly claim that upon everything He sees, Jesus. There is a mystery to me in men like Carl Sagan who worked in the field of astronomy, knowing the great secrets of the universe, breathed the air, ate the food, and relied upon the moment by moment heartbeat all of which God has supplied, yet still insisted in telling everyone that only man mattered! Jesus controls time because He has always been and therefore before time.
• Vs. 17 Space: “And in Him all things consist”: Jesus has the power to sustain and to prevent breakdown. The scientists, who work on the linear accelerator at Stanford University smashing the atom apart, know that it takes incredible power to do so, but what holds them together. Well the answer to that isn’t a “What” but rather a “WHO” as the atom isn’t held together by something it’s a Someone!
There is a law of science known as Coulomb’s Law of Physics which describes the electrostatic interaction between electrically charged particles and is essential to the development of the theory of electromagnetism. The law can easily be tested with two magnets as two positive ends will repel each other where the opposite ends attract. But therein lies the mystery as the nucleus of an atom is packed full of only positive charged particles.
Since all of creation is made up of atoms, what is keeping it together instead of them doing what they naturally want to do, REPEL? You can study Quantum Physics and hear lots of theories but the truth is no one in Science knows what the Atomic Glue is that holds the atom together with such force that to split causes a very big bang! I believe that 2 Peter 3:10 holds the answer as Peter wrote, “the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.” You see the answer is that Jesus is holding the atom together and one day Peter says He will just let go and things will get very hot and there will be a very big bang!
The things of creation are temporary and Jesus is holding everything together so the next time everything’s coming apart in your life just give everything to Him as He is very good at keeping things together.