FRIDAY - 13TH FEBRUARY, 2026
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola & Oreoluwa ADEJUMO
HE WATERS THEM TOO!
Psalms 104:10, KJV
"He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills."
God is the One that everything has come to depend on. He knows and He has also put a system in place for that. God has a big heart. Such a heart cares for all the works of His hands. He leaves none behind. He sees none as intangible or irrelevant. God has rather provided a way to ensure all of creation takes nutrition. We have read that even the young lions seek their meat from God (Psalm 104:21). It therefore becomes, whatsoever He gives them, that they gather. This is God and this is how vast His carer's role covers the whole of creation.
You might have thought it is only humans that God only minds. The Psalms says, "What is man that thou art mindful of him and the son of man that thou visitest him. You have made him a little lower than the angels and has crowned him with glory and honour" (Psalm 8:4-5).
You see, man isn't the only creation of God that God minds or visits. Only that man - humans enjoy a special place and privilege. They are the crown of God's glory. They have glory and honour bestowed on them by God. It is they God seeks to have a relationship with. However, He does mind all of creation too. This verse above shows God's intentionality towards preserving nature and the works of His hands. The Bible says, "10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches."
Imagine that! God causes joy and delight even for animals. Have you considered what would happen when wildlife has no water for survival? You can for short expect the invasion of human territories and even the collapse of the ecosystem. That's why God does not shirk in that responsibility of filling water holes, streams, rivers, lakes with water. It is for a purpose - to support the larger eco system and continue the food chain.
God is a very very intentional carer. He sends the springs into the valleys so that it might give drink to every beast of the field. God intentionally built that comforting system in the wild. Even the birds have come to be attracted by it. By it, they make their habitation. Does this tell you the importance of water for survival? Does this emphasize to you why communities and human dwellings build around oases and discovered water bodies? Nobody can actually survive without nutrition. Water is part of nutrition and it is by it, "The wild asses quench their thirst." Unless your thirst is quenched, you know how vexed and unsatisfied you'll be. Have you been at the peak of thirst before? You never felt comfortable. I bet it with you that animals feel the same. That's why in drought - a situation caused by human unreasonable activities on earth, they could travel for hours seeking for water wells or bodies of water in order to quench their thirst. Some could drop dead on the way due to exhaustion also. Does this emphasize something to you? Who amidst creation can do without water? We all need nutrition.
Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua knows this. He was a pea farmer from rural Kenya who became known globally for driving long distances with a tanker truck loaded with water to refill drying watering holes in Tsavo West National Park. The animals: elephants, buffaloes, zebras, antelopes and more came to depend on the fresh water he brought during harsh dry seasons.
He began this work in 2016 after witnessing the devastating impact of drought and climate change, especially when he saw a thirsty buffalo struggling beside a dry waterhole. He decided that if no one else was helping the animals survive, he would. For short, he found purpose.
He wasn’t a trained conservationist, just a farmer with a water truck and a big heart. You see, he was continuing God's work of sending the springs into the valleys, of giving drink to every beast of the field. God is the Creator but we humans are the managers. Psalm 8:6 says, "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet..."
The act of subjecting all things under his feet is not only for us to master but to manage. We are the managers of the earth and all of God's creation. You see, compassion is seen in small things and this is a story of great compassion. Today as you go, don't destroy God's creation nor the works of His hands. Rather, preserve them and let them breathe after the manner God has ordained.
PRAYER/CONFESSION: I acknowledge my role as a manager of the earth and seek not only to master but manage creation for God.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 35:10-36:38, Matthew 27:32-66, Psalm 34:1-10, Proverbs 9:7-8
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