Whenever I read a passage of scripture, I see things in the scripture that I feel I need to learn, or that touches me. The amazing advantage to reading an extra devotional like the Word For Today or Our Daily Bread to complement the reading, is you get to see how other people have understood the messages contained, and they can sometimes offer a perspective I would not have considered. Today’s struck home.
Home? Home can be where we live, the house, or piece of land. It could be as the old saying goes, “where the heat is” (ie out parents house). Wherever we physically live, or refer to as home the fact is the Lord provided the earth for us to live on.
Think of the family who take care
of their gardens at the front and back of their homes, ensuring the plants are watered, the grass is green and the area is clean and free from weeds. The Lord gave us a job to do, similar to the gardener tending the gardens at his home, however our Garden is the planet we live on.
15 The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. (NLT)
We have a responsibility to our creator to tend to the earth, keeping it healthy and glorious. The earth is God’s amazing beautiful creation and for us to neglect it is offensive to God.
I have made half hearted efforts to recycle, and cut down my car journeys, but this morning, I am feeling very challenged to really research the implications of “Going Green” and begin to answer the call of “watching over” the planet, Gods amazing workmanship.
