Genesis 1:11ff reads, “then God said, ‘let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds’. And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.”
It is the time of the year to see fulfillment of what God started at the creation. Summer invites us to visit gardens, orchards and farms to feast on the beauty. Even a visit to a Farmer’s Market. A feast for the eyes as well as the stomach!
It is a shame that many children in metropolitan areas never get to walk through a garden to see the various colors and shapes of ripening fruit. It is a good time to sing praises to God, such as, “how great you are!”
The missionary Paul used the beauty of the natural, created order to open a door of witness to pagans in Lystra. In Acts 14:17, “God has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your heart with joy.” The joy of harvest and the bounty of the harvest can be a tenderizer of the heart to initiate questions of the goodness of God in providing for our needs.
If God was so meticulous about our physical needs, surely he has provision for our spiritual needs. Those who worship God in nature (called Pantheism) have a limited view of God.
But an appreciation of what God has done in nature can be a stepping stone to a personal faith in the God above nature. “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth.” (Acts 17:24) He now commands all people to repent!
“You make the vegetables and fruits that sustain us so very beautiful
to the eyes. Indeed, You make all things beautiful! Amen”
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