The basic interest in nature focused on God as creator and on heaven and earth as his creation.All the animals,plants,rocks, weather,the sea and mountains etc are nature's gift given to human beings by God itself.
Genesis makes it that there is a creation order established by God.Gen.1:27 says God said,"Let there be light";and there was light.God separated the light from the darkness.God called the light Day,and the darkness he called the Night.And there was evening and there was morning.Like God made the dome,He called the dome Sky.And made Sea and Land,living creatures, birds,cattle,wild animals,cattle of every kind,fish of the sea .Finally God created humankind in his image.It is clear from these verses that various plants and animals have inherent characteristics that make them distinct from one another.It is also clear that God views these distinctions as "good".
We have a tendency to grumble over a lot of things we do not possess and for the many things we cannot do.We never realise how we are losing every single second of the precious life that has been bestowed upon us by the power above. In the journey we go through,we take for granted a lot of things that we possess and a lot of other things that are present in our surroundings.
Gen.1:28-30 "God blessed them,and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply,and fill the earth and subdue it;and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living things that moves upon the earth." 29 God said,"See,I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth,and every tree with seed in its fruit;you shall have them for food.30 And to every beast of the earth,and to every bird of the air,and to everything that creeps on the earth,everything that has the breath of life,I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.
The first and the foremost is this life that we have;never realise how blessed we are to have a human life.We could have born like any other species leading a life in filth or any other adverse environment. The second is the situation we are born in. It could have been a place where even today,people do not have the basic amenities,proper sanitation,food,medical facilities and a lot of other essentials.
2 Cor.9:8 "And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance,so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work." Jer.17:7-8 "Blessed are those who Trust in the Lord,whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water,sending out its roots by the stream."
Nature is the most beautiful and attractive surrounding around us which make us happy and provide us natural environment to live healthy.
The third most important element that we tend to forget is the abundance that nature is showering on us,natural light,air, greenery variety of beautiful flowers,attractive birds,animals,blue sky,land,running rivers,sea,forests,mountains,valleys,hills and many more things,that it is giving us for free.Our God has created a beautiful nature for the healthy living of us.All the things we use for our living are the assets of nature which we should not spoil and damage.The absence of even one of these will make our life difficult. The fourth element is our ability to lead a healthy life without any physical disability,because we never realise how even the smallest flaw in our physical condition could make living so difficult.
We never visualise the fact that without these physical attributes,we would have missed out on so much that we have been bequeathed with.So,never take for granted all that nature has given us,be thankful and show your gratitude towards the Almighty with each passing of our breath and nature,because all are a gift of God.