Animals Don’t Need Technology

Psalm 147:9
“He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.”

When we compare ourselves with many of the other living things on this Earth, our abilities are not very impressive.

A camel can carry 1,000 pounds 30 miles through the desert every day. As a human being, I become tired even thinking about walking 30 miles with empty pockets. The ostrich can run at 30 miles per hour, faster than my car might go during rush hour. The Indian swift can fly at more than 100 miles per hour. The elephant’s trunk has 40,000 muscles. This is 70 times the number of muscles in your entire body. Yet, his trunk can bulldoze a tree or pick up a pin. Many of us can’t do either one on the first try.

The flea can jump 350 times its own length, a total of 13 inches. This is equivalent to our jumping 2,000 feet into the air. Most of us can’t jump more than two feet off the ground. As it works out, 13 inches is just about right if you are looking for a nice warm dog on which to raise a family. A tiny insect called the midge beats its wings an amazing 133,000 times per minute. That’s a hundred times faster than you can blink your eye.

Humans can use their superior intellect to build the machines they need. With those machines, they can outdo any one of these creatures. But God simply made a gift to the animals of the specialized abilities they needed. God expects us to follow His example and design and build what we need. If we look carefully, we will see that our Creator has given us all the materials and all the ideas we need within the creation. No one can say that He does not care what we do with our lives on Earth.

Prayer:
Father in heaven, I am reminded again that You do care what I do with my life. Help me see Your will each day, and give me Your grace to follow Your will. In the name of Jesus, Who is perfect before You for me. Amen.

Notes:
“Animal athletes.” Science Digest, Dec., 1983. p. 20.