Genesis 1:14-26

¹⁴ And God said, “Let luminaries show in the divider of the sky to separate the day from the night. And let them serve as signs and distinguish seasons, and days and years,

¹⁵ and let them serve as lights in the divider of the sky to give light upon the land.” And it became that way.

¹⁶ And God made the two large luminaries- the larger luminary to influence the day and the lesser luminary to influence the night- and he also made the stars.

¹⁷ And God set them in the divider of the sky to light the land,

¹⁸ to influence the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God approved.

¹⁹ After evening was over and morning came, the fourth day was completed.

²⁰ And God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living souls, and let birds fly above the land across the divider of the sky.”

²¹ So God created the great sea creatures and every living soul that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

²² And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let birds multiply on the land.”

²³ And After evening was over and morning came, the fifth day was completed.

²⁴ And God said, “Let the land bring forth living souls according to their kinds- livestock and creeping things and animals of the land according to their kinds.” And it became that way.

²⁵ And God made the animals of the land according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God approved.

²⁶ Then God said, “Let us make humanity in our image, after our likeness. And let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the land and over every creeping thing that creeps on the land.” _________________________________________

Everything has a purpose

Intelligent design is not just a theory to bounce around and form the basis of arguments. The universe around us is filled with creatures and things, and each had its purpose from the beginning. There are no accidents. The stars were meant to illumine our sky. The souls of animals were placed here for us to care for. We were designed to be care-givers.

Divine Creator, help us to understand and live out your intelligent design for our lives.