The Wonders of God’s Creation
Most of us give little thought to the living creatures God has formed to fill important, but hidden places in the world around us.
The very soil and grassy lawns we walk on are good examples. Just a teaspoonful of dirt may contain countless tiny forms of plant and animal life which can only be seen with a microscope. The most important of these are bacteria which help keep the soil clean and replace nutrients when they decompose dead insects and vegetation. Of course we all know there are angleworms and a variety of bugs, as well as moles and other creatures beneath the surface, but we can’t grasp how many there actually are. All are a part of the Creator’s great plan and are important in enriching the soil in which much of our food is grown.
Rocks on a hillside are often covered with moss or other growth, and many living things hide beneath these soft covers, including tiny mites, beetles, ants, centipedes, even mice, toads, moths, snails and innumerable other things. Rainwater trapped in a crevice of a rock is often the home of larvae wriggling their way into becoming mosquitos. A rotting log is also sure to contain untold numbers of hidden life, including microbes, more bacteria, several kinds of ants, termites, slugs, lizards and others.
Enjoying a salt-water beach, few people are even aware that living things are hidden in the sand. Tiny crabs, shellfish, various worms, fleas and numerous other insects are there, and a great amount of unseen life is out in the ocean waters beyond them.
Underwater creatures also hide in streams under rocks or in the shelter of an overhanging tree. You would be amazed at all the nymphs, larvae, crawlers, worms and even spiders down there, along with others which become an important source of food for the fish.
But there is One from whom nothing can hide — the Creator Himself — of whom the Bible tells us: “For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested [made known].” Mark 4:2222For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. (Mark 4:22).
If any reader is trying to hide from God, it is impossible, “For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He seeth all his goings.” Job 34:2121For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. (Job 34:21). Just stop and consider that He knows all about you, and realize how important it is to ask, as the Psalmist did: “Show Thy marvelous loving-kindness, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand them which put their trust in Thee.... Hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.” Psalms 17:7,87Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. 8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, (Psalm 17:7‑8). Have you put your trust in this loving Saviour?
ML-11/06/1988