During the 1950's and 60's, the United
States and Russia were in a competition to see who could get into
space first. Those who lived through that era can remember the
nightly news broadcasters sounding like sports reporters for ESPN,
relating accounts of the latest satellite or astronaut.
Less known was the race to drill to
the center of the earth, probably because that competition was
slightly less successful. While the Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached
the outer limits of our solar system, some 10 billion miles away
(give or take a few billion), the deepest hole dug into the earth is
currently 7.5 miles (the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia) which
eclipsed the previous record (the Bertha Rogers hole in Oklahoma).
The digging stopped because of temperatures in excess of 356 degrees
Fahrenheit. Apparently, drills don't tolerate that temperature well.
Though the 7.5 miles was the deepest anyone has ever dug, it is slightly short of the center of the earth, some 4000
miles.
This means we know more about the
outer reaches of our solar system than we do about the earth
underneath our feet. The truth is, the more we learn, the more we
realize we don't understand. No wonder that Paul writes:
Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches of the
wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his
paths beyond tracing out!
In this week's message, some soldiers
learn that God's power is greater than they could possibly imagine -
and so is his mercy (2 Kings 6:18-23). I hope we can all learn this
same important truth.
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