According to quantum theory, a point of matter doesn’t sit at a fixed point but trembles about its quantum distribution. Schrödinger deduced this zitterbewegung or quantum fuzziness from the Dirac equation. Point matter is then indeed at a point but not always the same one, like a dot that is constantly redrawn so it appears as a fuzzy patch. In Newton’s terms then, the hand of God does tremble, and it stops painting when the canvas moves.
Light advances every quantum cycle, which is about 1043 times a second, so it moves about 300 million meters in a second. If matter moved like this, rockets could go to the moon in about a second, but it can’t. Matter restarts as often as light moves but can’t teleport every time, or it would have no life, so matter trembles slower than light moves.
Even so, atoms constantly jiggle about at what is to us a fantastic rate, so why don’t they constantly move as light does? The answer lies in the quantum distribution within which they move. If that distribution is symmetric, or equal in every direction, these movements just cancel out, so quantum fuzziness itself doesn’t make matter move.
Yet that all matter particle inherently jitter about means they don’t have to be pushed to move. Materialism sees matter as an inert substance that only moves when pushed but quantum theory doesn’t. It suggests that matter is always moving already, but just equally in every direction.
However if the distribution around matter becomes asymmetric, its natural movement will occur in one direction more often. The trembling of matter then adds up to cause macroscopic movement in our time. If the distribution around matter is symmetric, its trembles cancel but if not, any asymmetry will give rise to visible movement, so what could cause that?