World environment day. The assembling of the industrial countries seekingto find a solution forglobal warming. The UN Environmental Management groups.... All of these are groups and initiatives we often hear of in the media. Scientists, associations, and countries are discussing environmental issues, attempting to find solutions for the ever-increasing problems plaguing our environment. Their only goal is to make this planet suitable for human beings to live on. Have you ever heard a sermon that addressed this topic?
As I consider the portrait of the universe depicted in (Genesis 1), I have to ask myself, Do not we as Christians have some responsibility here?
These few verses seem to make the answer clear. Yes, it is our responsibility, as Christians who worship God, as children of God. According to (Genesis 1:28), "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it," it is the responsibility of God's children to care for the work of their Father's hands. God liked what he created. Every time he created something, the Bible says, "God was pleased with what he saw." We should enjoy all that our God created; even more so, we should continually work to maintain the creation in the "good" state in which God made it.
Our technological development, despite its "progress," is destroying the amazing world God made for his and our enjoyment. God did not create the heavens and put ahole in the ozone layer; we have done that with our own hands. The way we abuse the environment today will be for our destruction tomorrow. Let us start this day to work to protect God's good creation, first addressing ourselves, then others. In doing so, we fulfill our role as children of God.
- 27 OCTOBER -