Then
God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle
and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind”; and it was
so. God made the beasts of the earth
after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps
on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:24-25 NASB
In looking at the many and varied creatures that crawl
upon the land we see a God who is infinitely creative and given to remarkable
detail. The creatures that crawl upon
the earth show such an amazing creativity that we struggle even to comprehend
it. These animals move in different
ways, reproduce in different ways and survive in different ways. Each unique creature has enough complexity to
consume countless human lifetimes just to understand what God has provided
these creatures in order to display the wonder of His magnificence. A camel has a unique structure to hold water
and to survive in harsh desert climates that would destroy most others. A polar bear has entirely different set of
provided biological equipment to survive in the frigid tundra. Each of these creatures has shown itself to
have purpose within the great and amazing context of the interconnected system
of continuing life on planet earth.
Beauty, strength, speed and resourcefulness that surpasses human ability
show themselves time and time again and remind us of the amazing Creator who loves
and cares for us. Yet, it is man alone
whom God created to live in a special and unique relationship with Him. All of these amazing creatures, in all of their
great variety, are a vivid testament to God’s power and limitless
intelligence. It is this God who desires
to be in an active relationship with every human being, and in spite of the
myriads of human failures God makes Himself readily available to us through
Jesus Christ, His Son.
