All things came into being by Him

Take a look at the beautiful hummingbird pictured above. This tiny bird’s wings beat from 50 to 80 times per second—a testimony to God’s incredible design, caught in a split-second of time.

In real time, we only see a blur as this remarkable creature darts about too fast for us to fully appreciate its exquisitely engineered performance.

When you look at the world around you, do you ever wonder about the things that are happening just beyond the boundaries of what you can see, hear, and touch? How much of God’s workmanship do we miss? We know that secular scientists "miss" big time, as evidenced by the theory that birds evolved from dinosaurs, that man evolved from apes.

I have come to love the monthly magazine and website offered by the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) in Texas. This organization of scientists who are Christians is a great source of information and encouragement for me, "making the case" in an understandable way for God's supernatural creation.

On more than one occasion the tiny hummingbird has been the focus of a lesson about God the Creator. ICR zoologist Frank Sherwin points out in “Hummingbirds by Design” that when a hummingbird draws nectar from a flower, we can marvel at how both bird and plant were crafted for each other.

The Creator carefully constructed the flower in just the right way to feed the tiny creature: “These flowers seem uniquely designed to accommodate a hummingbird’s beak and tongue….God designed the hummingbird’s bill and tongue to drink nectar from flowers many insects wouldn’t be able to access.”

Mr. Sherwin also highlights "the sophisticated design of the hummingbird’s metabolism, vision, and vocalization. Every part of this tiny bird points to the genius of Christ."

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things came into being by Him." John 1

(Photo by Craig Kerns. To read more from ICR, visit www.ICR.org)