LEARNING FROM GOD'S CREATIONS

LEARNING FROM GOD’S CREATIONS
By Emeka Anyaogu
Many of God’s creations can teach us valuable lessons. In my village recently I took the time to gaze at the awesome features of nature; the rising of the yellow morning sun which sprang above the hills far away and the graceful display of the trees arrayed from top the hills down the sloppy valleys. This delightful sight gave much to consider of the greatness of God. In my meditation I reasoned that it should have been such breathtaking sights as these that gave the writer of the popular hymn “How Great Thou Art” the inspiration to compose that verse.
While I made melodies in my heart to the Lord for the works of His hands, I was distracted by the songs from birds on a nearby tree weaving their nests. I spent some time watching these birds as they made little balls of nests from thin grass-like fiber. These nests looked like fruits suspended from tree branches. As I watched the birds work hard to build a home, I remembered what the Lord Jesus told His disciples in Matt. 6:26 “look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more valuable than they?”
God wants us to learn that He is able to provide for all our needs. The government may not be able to cater for our feeding or shelter but God can. Remember, “He that spared not his own Son but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” (Rom. 8:32). If God loved us so much as to give His Son to die for us, certainly He is interested in nothing but our good. Therefore we can trust him with our lives. However it is our responsibility to work as this serves as a point of contact for God’s blessings.
Much more than providing our needs, God wants to have a relationship with us that will last for eternity. Make Him your Lord and personal Saviour and allow Him to take charge of your whole life. PF
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