Verse of the Day 5/5

Through the Bible - 1 Kings 13-14, Luke 24:36-53

Good morning,
We're all aware of the increase in fuel prices and how they are affecting other things such as food. If this continues there is concern for worldwide hunger due to these increased food prices which are partly tied to the use of grain to produce ethanol.
I was reading in Genesis the other day in an unrelated devotional but was struck by the wording of the in the instructions given to man on the sixth day of creation.

Gen 1:29 And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. 30 Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so. NKJV
Notice that it says "for food" twice in these two verses.
God had given Adam and Eve the charge to fill the earth, subdue it, and have dominion over it.
We should all be good stewards of what God has provided for us. We should also pray for the leadership of our country in the coming months. Decisions that will be made by the elected officials of this country will have an effect on the global economy and food supply.
MacArthur comments that "Subdue does not suggest a wild and unruly condition for the creation because God Himself pronounced it good. Rather, it speaks of a productive ordering of the earth and it's inhabitants to yield it's riches and accomplish God's purposes."
What might seem good for the "economy" in lower gas prices could have a serious impact on food for those who can least afford it.
I'm not trying to be political but just saying we should be aware of what is going on in the world around us.
In Christ,
Mike
mikevw@bellsouth.net
Gen 1:26-2:1

26 Then God said,"Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them,"Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

29 And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. 30 Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so. 31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.


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