How
Many Are Your Works, Lord!
He makes springs pour water into
the ravines; it flows between the mountains. They give water to all the beasts
of the field; the
wild donkeys quench their thirst. The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches. He waters the
mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his
work. He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate— bringing forth food from the earth: wine
that gladdens human hearts, oil to make their faces shine, and bread that sustains their hearts. The
trees of the Lord are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers. The
high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.
He made the moon to mark the
seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. You bring darkness,
it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl. The lions roar for
their prey and seek their food from God. The sun rises, and they steal away; they
return and lie down in their dens. Then people go out to their work, to their
labor until evening.
How many are your works, Lord! In
wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
Psalm
104:10-24
Think about the butterfly. It is
stunningly beautiful. It has a gentle flight, and amazing migratory patterns
that make it a legitimate miracle.
The majestic monarch butterfly
can travel three thousand miles on its migration to Central America – only to
end up in the same tree its parents and grandparents or even great grandparents
landed on a generation or two earlier. It does this guided by a brain the size
of a pinhead.
Consider the metamorphosis. After
the caterpillar builds a chrysalis around itself it releases a chemical that
turns its insides to mush with no perceptible parts. Somehow from this emerges the brain, internal parts, head, legs, and wings of
a butterfly.
The conversion of the body of a
caterpillar into the body and wings of a butterfly is one of the wonders of the
earth. This metamorphosis is rightly regarded as a miracle.
Creation’s
design points to the Master Designer.
Our Daily Bread – July 2, 2013