GOD’S WORD FOR FEBRUARY 22 ~ ~ Genesis 18:14 ~ ~ “Is any thing too hard for the LORD? …..”
Deep in the Venezuelan jungle, 60 miles from the nearest settlement, it appears as if God decided to plant a very special garden. That garden grows on a mountain that rises 7,000 feet on sheer cliffs above the jungle. The mountain, rising eventually to 9,000 feet, is the highest mountain in South America outside the Andean mountain chain.
Called the Mountain of the Mists, this horseshoe shaped mountain features a 25 mile long river valley that is just as deep as North America’s Grand Canyon. The mountain is so remote and hard to reach that it was virtually unexplored until 1984.
Scientists have found that over half of the species of living things found on the mountain are new to science. Some are unlike any other creatures ever seen on Earth. A plant called the Neblinaria resembles a large artichoke standing four feet above the ground on a thick stalk. Four foot-tall carnivorous pitcher plants, giant earthworms, and long legged frogs add to the uniqueness of the place.
Rainfall has washed most of the nutrients from the soil, but many plants make their living by producing their own soil in the center of their leaves, while others live off the air itself!!
Think about that! Even with plants, God will find a way—When the soil was depleted, he found a way for them to survive.
Mankind was doomed to hell because of sin, but He found a way for us. He made a way to change us, make us a new creation, and pay the price for our sins, because we can’t, if we repent and trust Him as Savior and Lord. How much more of a miracle was that than changing the way the plants got their nourishment, because they could no longer do it the normal way.
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.”
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new”.
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me”.
“From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
Have you repented of your sins and asked Him to make you a new creation? Have you told others about the offer of salvation through Jesus Christ?