I love wildlife programs. National Geographic or Discovery Channel or BBC or wherever! You want to know why? It’s because I see it as a whole program that praises God from start to finish! It’s like I get to turn on my TV and watch a show of ‘check our awesome my God is’! He made that, and this and I’m always surprised with something I’ve never seen before! It lifts my faith every time!
OK, back to what I wanted to say. I was watching one of these shows last night and it was about creatures of the deep, and in one scene, the narrator was explaining in depth what a ‘kelp forest’ is. He went on about how these amazing sea plants float and went on to share some enthralling facts about the sea creatures that live in these kelp forests. Now, just on the outskirts of the kelp forest, there was a great white shark circling, but it would never enter the kelp forest for fear of tangling itself up and if it tried to snap at anything, all it would get was a mouth full of slimy kelp. Not classic shark fare, even on the worst of days. This is true for other predators too. So, this means that all the sea creatures that would like to avoid being eaten, and have an otherwise pleasant life, simply live and play and thrive in the kelp forest!
In Psalm 91, the psalmist sees God as a Mighty Fortress; a Deliverer, a Hiding Place, a Protector and a Saviour. I thought of this Psalm when I watched the seals playing and swimming in the kelp forest. I swear they were smiling! Their arch enemy was not that far away, and they swam with gay abandon! They were leaping about and circling wildly, and from their social interactions, they seemed truly happy! The smaller fish hiding deep in between the rock crevasses with kelp swaying in front of their googly eyes seemed stress free, if such a thing were even possible, and I totally thought about God!
I challenged myself right there and then. Do I see in Him what the psalmist shared so faithfully? Am I so convinced of God’s ability to care for me that I can simply live? He came to give us life in abundance, and I’m determined not to miss out! If a cute, whiskered seal feels safe in the ‘arms’ of a sea plant, how much more can we feel safe in the arms of an all powerful, all loving God?
