We live in a marvelous world. All around us is the wonder of one miracle after another. God’s handiwork is evident with every glance we take. The Lord made a spectacular place for us to live. It is truly amazing.
In the animal kingdom alone we see such diversity and such amazement. “The tiny hummingbird, weighing only about a tenth of an ounce, can perform complicated twists and turns and can fly backward and upside down … to move its wings forward and backward in a horizontal figure eight, beating them as many as 75 times a second … But the hummingbird doesn’t soar or glide as some birds can, and its legs are so weak that it can’t hop. It has to fly just to change positions on a twig. On the other hand, the ostrich, at 300 pounds, the largest of birds, can’t fly. But its legs are so strong that it can sprint up to 40 miles per hour, taking strides of 12 to 14 feet. The peregrine falcon, or duck hawk, is about the size of a crow, but is the fastest creature on earth. It can dive after prey at more than 175 miles per hour” (Three Minutes A Day). There is a huge amount of diversity in the animal kingdom.
What is true of the animal kingdom, is true of much of the creation all around us. The plant world, the sun, moon, stars, planets, and in fact, the whole astronomical universe, screams with the handiwork of a Creator.
Everything God created is under the curse of the fall of man. It is not the way that God intended it to be. He had great plans for His creation, but it all came under the curse of man. “That the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the kingdom of the glory of the children of God” (Romans 8:21). One day God will remake His whole creation. His greatest creation is yet to come!
