Genesis 1:24-25 NLT
[24] “Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened. [25] God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.”

It amazes me how foolish people can be who refuse to believe the evidence in front of their noses in favour of a theory that makes no sense. God Himself told us to look at nature if we really want to know the truth about Him.

Romans 1:20 NLT
[20]”For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”

Even if people refuse to believe that there is a God, the natural world with all its unity and complexity silently proclaims both the wisdom and power of a designer/creator.

I love nature programs on TV, especially those that display the wildlife animals protected in our game parks. I have never seen any species reproduce the offspring of another group. Even those who have deliberately been crossed with another variation in their own species are sterile, for example, lions and tigers, horses and donkeys. Variations in the species happens…white lions and black leopards…but they remain lions and leopards underneath their fur.

Another evidence of God’s wisdom at work in animals is the way that nature, left to itself, will regulate and keep in balance all its wild creatures. As much as we hate to see beautiful antelope, for example, becoming the prey of carnivores, if it were not for the control of the numbers of herbivores through predation, the land would not be able to sustain overpopulation by browsers and grazers.

It has been proven in the USA, for example, that the absence of wolves in certain areas has led to an explosion in the numbers of deer that has decimated the land. So, we can only conclude that a wise creator set in motion a planet that can run itself if left to itself without human interference.

It also amazes me how instinct controls animal behaviour. Take, for example, the way a lion pride functions. If it were not the instinct in male lions to fight and take over a pride that has been ruled by another dominant male for several years, the gene pool would not be constantly refreshed.

Maternal instinct is a powerful force in the natural world. A mother will ferociously protect her young unless her own life is threatened. She knows that preserving her own life is more important than saving the life of her offspring at her expense. If she dies, two lives are lost.

Elephants are fascinating creatures. I learned that young males who have left the herd to roam alone or in small groups become a problem when their testosterone rages unchecked without adult supervision. The solution is for an older male to join their group. He wrestles with them to exhaust their energy until their testosterone subsides and they are eventually old enough to mate.

Elephants are highly emotional animals. Other animals that lose a herd member or offspring will be aware of the loss for a short while but elephants will mourn and pay respect to the carcass of a loved one by touching or even lifting the bones with their trunks. Each one will take a turn to say goodbye before they move on.

How endless are the wonders of nature. It boggles my mind to think that all this could have happened by chance! How can changes in one creature that produce another creature of a different species happen without the evolving creature dying during the millions of years it takes to make the change. Even more bizarre is the claim that certain species have remained unchanged for millions of years while others have evolved into something different. How does that happen? Why didn’t crocodiles change into birds?

The notion that there is no God is probably the only reason for this rediculous theory. If people didn’t hate God, there would be no need to propogate an idea that lacks logic or reason.

Even more foolish is that people substitute for God creatures that have no power to affect or control their lives unless they get in the way of preditors on the loose. Why worship the things that can only harm us?

Worship is to give honour to and submit to the authority to some being more powerful than ourselves. Human are born with that need and capacity to worship. Can monkeys, for example meet that need, yet millions of people worship monkeys among the pantheon of their gods.

The natural world obeys the laws that control their existence. The creator has set boundaries around them that control and direct their behaviour, so why not humans? Even my orchids, as amazing as they are, can only flourish within the boundaries of their own species.

We were made to worship God, to love Him and serve Him as His sons and daughters. We were created to live within the boundaries prescribed by His Word. When we obey Him, we flourish. Whe we cross those boundaries and think that we can safely make our own rules, we destroy ourselves.

When we refuse to carry out God’s instructions to manage the earth and its resources, we destroy our environment, waste our resources and end up in poverty and distress.

I cannot help referring to the example of many crises in my own country. Neglect, mismanagement, and incompetence have left many communities without running water and with raw sewage fouling up the environment and polluting water supplies. What happened? For many years, officials ignored the rules. They did their own thing and, for most of the time, that meant doing nothing. They earned the salaries without doing the work.

God functions within the boundaries of His own law. Imagine what would happen if He didn’t! For example, He adheres strictly to the law of the harvest.

Galatians 6:7-8 NIV
[7] Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
[8]”Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”

This law applies to the spiritual world as well as to the natural. When we choose to destroy ourselves by refusing to obey God’s laws, we have no one to blame but ourselves and…the consquences are, unfortunately, irreversible. You cannot sow carrot seeds and hope to reap strawberries! You cannot sow lawless behaviour and hope to reap eternal life.

So, the solution is….obey the gospel of Jesus and His salvation and you will reap an eternity of bliss in God’s heaven.

Romans 6:20-23 NIV
[20] “When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. [21] What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! [22] But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. [23] For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”