"For you will go out with joy and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands." Isaiah 55:12

PHOTOSYNTHESIS Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! God's creation is a parable for greater spiritual understanding. In this creation, there are daily illustrations of God's handiwork. For example, one square inch of leaf surface will absorb one calorie of energy every minute. That doesn't seem like much, but consider all the leaves added together. A maple tree has approximately one-half acre of leaf surface spread out to catch the rays of the sun. That figures out to be more than one billion, eight hundred million calories of energy absorbed by the tree every day. Energy from the sun captured by leaves is used in photosynthesis. Roots draw up water (hydrogen and oxygen). The chemicals of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are mixed to make sugar, and the extra oxygen is given off for animals and to man to breath. Leaves are able to manufacture sugar, with the help of the sun, because of the special properties of chlorophyl. It catches the light and takes the part of the light that is needed for photosynthesis. This chlorophyll is found in each leaf; without it the leaf would be useless. There are necessary things needed in our life if we are to be useful to God. The Lord tells us in Micah 6:8 what He requires from us. "He has told you oh man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and walk humbly with your God." If we will walk with God, have a just relationship with our neighbor, and have a humble heart, we can't help but grow and produce fruit. A leaf doesn't struggle to receive light and manufacture sugar. It does it naturally, and our walk with God is easy if we allow the right ingredients to be present in our lives. Receive from God. Act in love towards those around you. Be humble before God and others. Then, God will use us. Home | Back to Top

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