Reading about a rescued female humpback whale’s show of
appreciation after her rescue by an environmental group brought to
mind the Peaceable Kingdom that the prophet Isaiah describes (Isaiah
11:9) (See also: Isaiah 11:6-8):
9 “They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.”
The rescue team put their own lives in jeopardy, working for hours to
free this whale who was released from a tangle of hundreds of pounds of
crab traps and a massive entanglement of lines.
Reading about this I couldn’t help but think how much of their lives
humans spend devising ways to trap and kill other creatures. So much
time and energy devoted to unnecessary destruction of humans, other
animals, and the environment. Humans are capable of devising
technological marvels that were beyond anyone’s wildest dreams not too
long ago. Yet they persist in stooping to a very low level when it comes
to anything spiritual – they refuse to live according to God’s original
intent as clearly expressed in Genesis 1:29-31. And they pick and choose
where they apply Galatians 5:22-23:
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
To quote from the article:
“When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like
joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a
time, and nudged them, pushed gently around, she thanked them. Some
said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.
The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was following
him the whole time, and he will never be the same.”
She didn’t “high-tail it out of there” – she stayed to show her
appreciation. Some humans could learn a lesson from this “lower animal.”
