"O the Depths of God's . . . Wisdom - Conclusion of Evidence of Divine Wisdom

Humans, however, are just one example of Jehovah's creative wisdom. Psalm 104: 24 says: "How many your works are, O Jehovah!  All of them in wisdom you have made.  The earth is full of your productions."  Jehovah's wisdom is apparent in every creation around us.  The ant, for example, is "instinctively  wise."  (Proverbs 30:24)  Indeed, ant colonies are superbly organized.  Some ant colonies tend, shelter, and draw nourishment from insects called aphids as if it were livestock. Other ants act as farmers, raising and  cultivating "crops"  of fungus.  Many other creatures have been programmed to do remarkable things by instinct.  A common fly performs aerobatic feats that the most advanced of man's aircraft cannot duplicate.  Migrating birds navigate by the stars, by the orientation of the earth's magnetic field, or by some form of internal map. Biologists spend years studying the sophisticated behaviors  that have been programmed into these creatures.  How wise, then, the divine Programmer must be! 

Scientists have learned much from Jehovah's creative wisdom.  There is even a field of engineering, called biomimetics, that seeks to mimic designs found in nature.  For instance, you may have gazed in wonder at the beauty of a spiderweb.  But an engineer sees it as a marvel of design.  Some frail-looking strands are port proportionately stronger than steel, tougher than the fibers in a bulletproof vest. Just how strong?  Imagine a spiderweb enlarged in scale until  it is the size of a net used on a fishing boat.  Such a web could catch a passenger plane in mid-flight!  Yes, Jehovah has made all such things "in wisdom." 

Next time: "O the Depths of God's . . . Wisdom - Wisdom Beyond the Earth 

From the book:  Draw Close to Jehovah