Dear Brethren,

I read the following some time ago and wanted to share these amazing findings about the "ichneumon wasp".  It reminds us once again how amazing and miraculous our creation is, but also most importantly how awesome our God is who designed all of the creation and is concerned about the smallest details:  

"The ichneumon wasp (Thalassa) looks so delicate that the slightest wind ought to blow it over. Yet it lands on a hard tree trunk, and begins thumping with something that looks as delicate and frail as the leg of a daddy longlegs. But that antennae, thinner than a human hair, happens to be a high-power extension drill." 

"The drill is about 41/2 inches long, so long and so thin and delicate that it curves up and down as the small insect thumps on the hardwood with it. After thumping for a time, the tiny creature somehow knows it has found the right place to start work. Drilling begins. This little wasp uses that delicate feeler to cut its way down through several inches of solid, hard oak wood! This is totally unexplainable. Scientists have tried to solve the puzzle, but without success." 

"The second miracle is what the wasp is drilling for: the larvae of a special beetle. How can it possibly know where to start its drill, so as to go straight down (it always drills straight down)and reach the beetle larva? Scientists cannot figure this out either. Somehow the initial thumping told the tiny insect that a grub was several inches down, and that it was the kind of larva it was looking for. The ichneumon wasp lays its eggs on just one larva, that of the Tremex. When those eggs hatch, they will have food to grow on. Then, before they grow too large, tiny ichneumon wasps come out through that original hole. When they grow up, without any instruction from their parents, they know exactly what to do. They start thumping."

As we look at creation, the Bible tells us that we clearly see God's hand in all its details and design.  

"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse."  (Romans 1:20)

But even more amazing -- God says that you are the pinnacle of His creation. His prized possession in all His creation. As James 1:18 tells us: "He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.  

And further God tells us Romans 8:19:  "the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God." 

So even though the "ichneumon wasp" is remarkable and wonderfully made, it cannot compare to His prized possession of the Sons of God. 

Wishing you "sons of God" a blessed and meaningful Sabbath.  

Dave

Scripture to read: 

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. (Colossians 1:15-16)

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).