What’s with Seeds?
Let’s look at a watermelon seed. After it is planted it soon sprouts little leaves on a stem that soon begins creeping along the ground. A huge melon eventually grows on it, thousands of times the size and weight of the seed it came from. Most of us are acquainted with this delicious fruit — green on the outside with a thick white rind and a crisp, sweet, red center with many black seeds.
Where did that little seed get the ability to produce such huge fruit? The most intelligent man on earth cannot explain this wonderful process that is repeated billions of times each summer in seeds of all kinds, producing their individual crops all over the world. This is part of the wonder of God’s creation, and an important arrangement of His care for all living creatures.
There is no end to the unsolved mysteries of His amazing power which should cause all to “stand in awe of Him,” as our opening verse states. Many wonders like this are going on day after day, often unknown or unnoticed by man, but always under the Creator’s care. This is true of every form of vegetation —grasses, flowers, bushes and trees, from the smallest to the greatest.
How do seeds get into the ground? Of course many are planted by people, some on huge farmlands and others in smaller vegetable or flower gardens. But what about those not planted by people? Nuts, for instance, are often deposited in the ground by small animals, especially squirrels and chipmunks. Even some birds will hide seeds in holes they have dug in the ground, planning to return to eat them later. However, they often forget some, and these hidden “seeds” take root and eventually grow into new nut trees or bushes.
But in the wild, seeds from grasses, flowers, fruit, etc., drop to the ground and are soon covered with leaves, dried grass, or other things. Moistened by spring rains or melted snow, they send roots down and a new plant begins.
Seeds never get confused and develop into some new kind of plant. No, ever since the Lord God created them they follow His plan and reproduce “after their kind.” Cucumbers never come from watermelon seeds; wheat does not come from a kernel of corn, nor does a tulip spring up from a daisy seed.
The Creator has not depended on “evolution” to bring the world’s wonderful vegetation for us to enjoy and use. He is the One of whom the Bible tells us: “All things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist [survive].” Colossians 1:16,1716For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Colossians 1:16‑17). Another verse tells us, “The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.” Psalm 33:55He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. (Psalm 33:5). Have you thanked Him for these wonderful arrangements He planned for us?
ML 04/16/1990