Is God Green? Are You Green?

To ask if a person is “green” in this highly enviromentally conscious world of today, is like asking are you Democratic or Republican. The views on global warming are about as divided as the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s (a little southern rivalry). Going “green,” by far, is the politically correct thing to do. Employees are getting challenged daily by their leadership to “go green.” Companies are spending multiplied thousands of dollars to transform their businesses into sustainable companies with as little carbon footprint as is possible. Living green, as per my working definition, means to consciously live in a harmonious manner with our ecosystem, while reducing as many potentially harmful actions to it as possible. Not because of global warming, but because this isn’t my earth to begin with (Psalms 24:1). My question isn’t is it politically expedient for me to live politically correct (that is like a dog chasing it’s tell, trying to keep up with the ever political correctness). The real question is, what is the Biblically correct thing to do? I think it is time for a “theology of ecology.”

IS GOD GREEN?

Does God really care what we do with the earth, it’s atmosphere, the plant life and wildlife? Some would equate the fight to go green and save turtle’s egg more valuable than saving a fetus of a mother? A panentheist, believes that God is in the trees, frogs, and dogs. Therefore, to save a tree from being cut down would be saving a piece of God. To believe everything Al Gore says about the environment a true assault and insult on reason and God. This is bad eco-theology.

Neither is the view that God isn’t interested in climate change, the sustainability of the forest, waters and wildlife a sound Biblical argument. For conservative Christians to debate so strongly for the literal creation of the earth as God’s amazing and miraculous work, but not be far more involved in the preservation of His miraculous work, it is duplicitous at best.

He, God, made this world and all that is in it for himself (Colo 1:16). He values all his creation and claims ownership to it all, man, land and the animals (Ps 50:10). He only gave us management rights to His creation (Gen 2:15). We need to understand that God lives in the praises of all His creation (Ps 19:1). God uses His creation as one of the tools to bring people into the saving knowledge of Himself (Rom 1:20). God greatly values all his creation.

Is God Green? You bet your sweet potato’s He is. Are you?

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