Genesis 1:20-25 Discover God in the Creation of Animals
"God: 20 'Waters, swarm with fish and sea creatures. Let birds soar high above the earth in the broad expanse of sky.'
21 So God created huge sea creatures, all the swarm of life in the waters, and every kind and species of flying birds—each able to reproduce its own kind. And God saw that His new creation was beautiful and good. 22 And God spoke this blessing over them:
God: 'Be fruitful and multiply. Let creatures fill the seas. Let birds reproduce and cover the earth.'
23 Evening gave way to morning. That was day five.
God: 24 'Earth, generate life! Produce a vast variety of living creatures—domesticated animals, small creeping creatures, and wild animals that roam the earth.'
It happened just as God said. 25 God made earth-creatures in a vast variety of species: wild animals, domesticated animals of all sizes, and small creeping creatures, each able to reproduce its own kind. God saw that His new creation was beautiful and good. And God paused" (VOICE).
After He created plants, God created the sun, the moon, and the stars. He also made the earths’s axis tilt 23 degrees. By these two actions, He provided not only for day and night, but also for seasons. Then He created animals. I find it interesting that He created sea creatures and birds on one day and land animals on the next day.
I find it interesting, but I am not going to question Him. I am sure that He knew just what He was doing.
So now we have animals everywhere, and the varieties are simply amazing. If you want to be astounded, view a video of the fish around a coral reef. Then look at a video showing the various birds from ostriches to hummingbirds. Or compare a chipmunk to a great blue whale, or a housefly to a hippopotamus.
I am amazed and astounded that all six of these, ostrich, hummingbird, chipmunk, great blue whale, housefly, and hippopotamus share the same basic physical properties to live. Each one ingests food, breaks it apart into its various needed nutrients, and casts off the unused portion. Each one takes in oxygen and gives off carbon dioxide.
Even though the great blue whale lives in the ocean, it breathes the same way land animals do. Fish, on the other hand, can’t breathe air; they absorb oxygen from the water through their gills and excrete carbon dioxide also through its gills.
When I look at a mouse or a ground squirrel, I try to imagine the tiny size of their hearts and the even tinier blood vessels. It certainly takes an omniscient being to design all these animals along with the processes they need in order to live.
Fish, birds, wild animals, tame animals, plants—all forms of life—God said of them, they were and are “beautiful and good.” It is important for us to remember that God made all of this for our benefit, so we can live, have sustenance, and so that we can enjoy the beauty and diversity of all that He created.
In creation, God reveals Himself as a loving God.
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