"Seek the Lord and His strength:... Remember His marvelous works that He hath done, and His wonders." 1 Chron. 16:11,12.
The black wasp caterpillar hunter is a most interesting creature. The female has an amazing habit when making a nest for her little ones. First she digs a hole several inches deep in hard-packed sand. She carries one load after another of sand between her front legs and chin. Backing out of the hole, she flies off and dumps the sand some distance away so there will be no clue that a nest is nearby. Isn't that a remarkable performance?
After finishing the hole, she hides it by pulling a pebble over the entrance, brushing sand over the pebble to hide it as well. However, she herself, through God-given ability, always returns to the exact spot. Now she is ready to prepare further for her young. Hunting out a well-fed caterpillar, she pricks it in several places with her stinger—not enough to kill, but paralyzing it so it will never move again. Where did she learn to do this? When the Creator designed this arrangement the skill was given to this specific type of wasp and has been passed on to all generations ever since.
With a surprising show of strength, she drags the captive to her burrow, removes the pebble, pushes the caterpillar down the hole, and then replaces the pebble. This process is repeated until there are several caterpillars down in the hole. Then she deposits her eggs alongside the caterpillars. This accomplished she fills the hole with sand, and tamps it down firmly with a pebble held in her mouth and front feet. Her work is finished, and she flies off and forgets about her brood.
But the Creator does not forget them. Soon the warmth of the soil causes the eggs to hatch into larvae which feed on the caterpillars (but not causing them any pain because they are still paralyzed). Soon turning into mature wasps, they work their way to the surface and soon join others of their kind. What are we to learn from these interesting wasps? First of all, that the Lord God delighted in creating many wonderful things; then to observe that everything He created (except mankind) obeys the instructions implanted in them and they do not try to change their ways, as evolution falsely teaches. By this we learn that God is pleased with the obedience of His creatures. How it must please Him when we voluntarily desire to obey and serve Him. The Bible tells of some people asking, "What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered...This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent." John 6:28,29. When you truly believe on Him as your Lord and Savior, you receive a new life and nature that is happy only when doing what is pleasing in His sight. Is this true of you?