Day Three
Gen. 1:9-13
Here, we see the creation of the third day, and notice a few interesting things.
First, God has a purpose for every creature. The ecosystem is very complex, because of an intelligent Creator who loves to display His craft. In fact, this is the beginning of His plan to occupy this whole world with His creatures. God won’t spare any detail when it comes to fashioning a home that is full of life.
On this day, He made the first living things – plants. Specifically, He caused land to be separated from the water, and grass, trees, herbs, and every other plant to form. These plants have been functioning the same way since the third day of Creation! It’s been an unbroken cycle. Mankind might try to wreck it through manmade famines caused by evil tyrants. Or, chance might happen to slow it down via natural disasters. Still, it remains with us from the foundation of the world. People, in their arrogance, can try to control it, but God has established that seedtime and harvest, among other things, will not cease, till the end of the world.
The other thing to notice here is that the plants were made before the sun. Sunlight is necessary in normal conditions to grow plants. But, God can suspend physics any time He wants. As the Creator, He can say “Peace, be still” and a storm will stop. This applies to the storms of life, as well as the storms of our weather. Of course, many times, He will help us to get through the storm some other way, but, the important thing is, He controls things. And, His light was enough for these plants for the day before He made the sun.
In turn, this speaks to His provision for us when there seems to be no other way, too. Certainly, the first plants were only without the sun for one day. Incredibly dark, dreary days which provide clouds, but no rain, cause plants to go a day with almost no light today. But, God didn’t leave them totally without light. His light gave them all they needed. In the same way, God provides us with what we need, when we need it, as long as we trust in Him; even when it seems impossible to people.
