Daily Encounter: A Week-day Devotional by a staff of ACTS International.

Friday, October 8, 2021

"When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!"¹

Pastor Ron Clarke from Tasmania, Australia, wrote: "One evening at dusk I was looking out of my window towards the sea when a huge flock of birds appeared, almost like a black cloud—there must have been thousands. They were traveling from west to east parallel with the coast. Then suddenly it happened. Not a few of them, not some of them, but every single one of them instantly changed direction and flew on a different course.

"We human beings think we have perfected communication. But those birds didn't have two-way radio, yet they knew precisely at what split second in time to change course and in what direction to fly.

"These birds, Shearwaters or Mutton Birds, live on the islands in Bass Strait off the north coast of Tasmania. Every year these birds migrate to the North Pacific and spend summer around the Aleutians. As the northern winter approaches, the Shearwaters fly back to their annual breeding ground on the Tasmanian islands and will go to the same nest and, give or take a day or two for adverse weather conditions in route, will arrive on that same nest on a given day."

Everyday we have the privilege of seeing countless other marvels that surround us on the earth below and in the heavens above.

Did these all happen by chance? Not at all. Each amazing marvel of creation was perfectly thought of and formed by our loving Creator. We, too, are part of His design and He has a beautiful purpose for each of us as well.

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, thank You for the marvels of your creation. I choose to believe that You are the Great Creator who created all things great and small—including all mankind—and I thank You that You love us devotedly one and all. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus's name, amen."


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