Remarkable Workmanship

This remarkable web was constructed in one night by the spider that you can almost see in the centre. The web is about 1 meter in diameter and its main anchor points are the top of a gate nearly 2 meters from the ground (on the left) and the top of the building on the right (about 3 meters from the ground) both these points are about 4 meters apart so it would have had to fasten the web at one point (say, the gate) then drop to the ground and run to the other post, climb it and then pull the thread tight before it could begin construction. On the other hand the spider may have climbed the tall post, attached a wad of web to its thread and let the wind float it across to the gate, either way it had to have a good engineering plan in mind and also had to have anchor points at the bottom of the web to fasten the “spokes” to. Those “spokes” look like pizza slices they radiate from the centre like the bracings in an umbrella and are made of non sticky thread which enables the spider to move around on the web without getting caught itself (it also has an oily substance on its skin to help prevent the sticky web from being a problem). You see the spider has 2 spinnerets, one producing sticky silk which it uses in the circular part of the web to catch insects and the other producing ordinary silken thread. Which simply means that it has a very well designed laboratory in its tiny body manufacturing all that web and making either type available upon demand.

The question that arises is: “How can this little creature be so wonderfully designed and how can a little brain the size of a pinhead have such engineering ability?”  Obviously God designed it and programmed its little “microchip” brain.  Our God is incredible; Jesus spoke about this sort of thing with statements like: Consider the lilies of the field ” and pointed out that King Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these”, and went on to say that if God does that for the lilies, how much more will He care for you and me if we have faith in Him. He also mentioned the birds and how our Heavenly Father feeds them.   Indeed wherever we look we see evidence of God’s handiwork and care. However we often overlook the fact that He made you and me in “His image and likeness. He didn’t “program” us to act as robots, but fitted us out with wonderful brains and a free will in the hope that we would fellowship with Him by “texting” Him constantly with prayer. The Apostle Paul says “see that none render evil for evil unto anyone; but ever follow that which is good, both among your-selves, and to all people. Rejoice ever more. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 15, in the New Testament).

And 1 John 4:19 points out that “we love God because He first loved us” and that is logical when we think about it. He gave us wonderful brains to think with; sent Jesus to be crucified in order to pay the debt we couldn’t pay for having sinned (a debt that would keep us out of Heaven); and He wants us to communicate with Him so he can guide our lives. That sounds to me to be a good reason for loving our God and spending time sharing with Him. What do you think?  Isn’t that a terrific privilege?     Best wishes, Tom.