On What Does Everything Pivot?

 
                                                                                    (photo taken at Long Lake in Maine)

WHAT IS A PIVOT?

This week's word prompt for Five Minute Friday is pivot. At first, I could not think of a thing to write about. I knew pivot had something to do with turning or maybe changing one's mind on something. Yet, I was without words, so I checked with the online Merriam-Webster dictionary and these two definitions stood out to me:

• a shaft or pin on which something turns
• a person, thing, or factor having a major or central role, function, or effect

For the first definition...

I thought of how the earth spins on its axis (which is like an invisible pivot) while simultaneously orbiting around the sun. Then my thoughts turned to the fact that it couldn't have just gotten there by itself. Something or Someone had to put it there and keep it going.

Here's where the second definition comes in...

In this case it doesn't refer to just a person, but to God. Everything depends on God. Much more than a pivot, He is the Creator and Sustainer of the world and everything in it. This God of the Bible is the One, true God, who reigns above all, forever and ever. He has always existed and always will exist. In Him we have life and breath. Without Him, nothing would be alive. He truly does have the "whole world in His hands."

FROM ETERNITY TO ETERNITY

Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, you are God. (Psalm 90:2)

My five minutes are up, but there is so much more to be said about our awesome God. The best way to learn about Him and get to know Him is through the Bible. He has spoken to us in it and through creation, which is constantly showing us the glory and majesty of God. 

                                                                          (photo taken in Redington Beach, FL)

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