Day 5

Genesis 1:20-22, Psalm 121:4

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Hi everybody, I’m Pastor Pittenger. Today, we’re going to talk about the fifth day of creation, and we read about that on the very first page of our Bible, Genesis Chapter 1, today we’ll read verses 20, 21, and 22.

God said, “Let the waters swarm with living creatures, and let birds and other winged creatures fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.” God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their own kind, and every winged bird according to its own kind. God saw that it was good. God blessed them when he said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” (Genesis 1:20-22)

So one of the animals that God created, one of the fish that God created on this fifth day, is sharks. Sharks can be ferocious and scary. When sharks bite their food or their prey, they bite so hard that sometimes they can lose their teeth. But that’s OK, because God created sharks, that they’re always growing new teeth so they can keep eating.

But I think one of the most interesting things about sharks is that they don’t sleep the way that you and I sleep. You see, only by moving through the water can a shark get oxygen through its gills and, you know, in order to breathe. Only by moving. It’s kind of like if the only way for you to breathe would be to walk or to run. You can’t breathe just sitting still like I’m sitting. So sharks, when they stop moving, they stop breathing, and so they only do that and rest for a very little while.

I need to get sleep every night or else it’s hard for me to think and it’s hard for me to work. But because God made sharks the way he did make them, they probably don’t feel any more tired than you do after you just play outside. Isn’t it amazing how different all of God’s creation is? Listen to this Bible verse, because this Bible verse has some really, really good news for you, and for me. It’s Psalm 121, verse 4.

Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalm 121:4)

God never, ever sleeps. Never. Nothing ever happens without God knowing about it. And even without God knowing what it’s going to do to you or to your mom and dad, God also knows how he’s going to take care of all things and how he’s going to take care of you. God’s not like us. God doesn’t need to close his eyes and rest. God is perfect and he is all powerful. So tonight, when you guys lay down to sleep. You don’t need to worry. You don’t need to worry that God and his angels won’t be there because they will be. They’re going to be watching over you all night long. They, that’s us, are weak, but he is strong. We’ll see you guys later.