Animals come in all shapes and sizes. They may belong in the wild, be found on farms as livestock or in our homes as pets. We enjoy the company of some animals but there are others that we do not like to get too close to!

God made the animals that live in water on the fifth day of creation:

“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.” (Genesis 1:20-22)

God made the animals that live on the land on the sixth day of creation:

“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” (Genesis 1:24,25)

The animals mentioned in the Bible can teach us about living the Christian life.