A law of thermodynamics, the branch of physics dealing with the conversion of energy, states that if anything begins to disarray, it has a tendency to become more and more disarrayed. For example, if the engine in your car begins missing and running poorly, unless it is corrected, it will become increasingly worse. Everything is like that. If a thing begins to fall into disorder, it will continue in that tendency unless there is intelligent intervention. There is an intelligent force that keeps everything in the universe in order.
Darkness implies the universe was neither formed or energized since light is a form of energy.
This seems to imply that the basic elements were sustained in a watery matrix throughout the darkness of space. If the universe were to be energized, it needed an Energizer, the Holy Spirit, to set it in motion. When God speaks, what He says happens. This was an attribute of Jesus that proved He was God. While sleeping in a boat, Jesus was awakened by the frightened disciples.