God's Gifts #27

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground - everything that has the breath of life in it - I give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning - the sixth day.

Genesis 1:27-31 www.solascriptura.com

Father, what a wonder example of Your love; You created us in Your image. It is incomprehensible that given the billions of people that we are each unique in Your sight, not one being the same. You even gave identical twins different fingerprints. Your word tells us that not a hair falls from our head that You do not know about it and not a bird falls from the sky without Your knowledge.

Father, such knowledge exceeds our understanding. In these verses You tell us to be fruitful and to increase, to enjoy the great variety of foods that You have given us. Everything on this earth was given to us by You, to be used for our sustenance and enjoyment.

We sometimes take the wonders of creation for granted. We eat without thanking You and acknowledging You as the One and only provider, we drink without thinking about the source, we invent things from the resources You give us and we pursue life. Help us to today to look up and around and to thank You, over and over, for Your great gifts. We pray in Jesus' name, amen.

Bruce Caldwell