In the river-laced jungles of Central America, an agile reptile demonstrates why it has earned the nickname, “The Jesus Christ Lizard”. It runs on water. Upright on two legs, the lizard can skip briskly across the surface of a river. God in His creative genius enabled this little creation to defy conventional physics.

Apparently, most of the basilisk lizard’s ability to run on water comes from a well-timed downward stroke of the leg and foot, slapping the water and creating an air-filled cavity while quickly moving on to the next step. Of course, physical parameters such as the animal’s mass under the pull of gravity (its weight), the length of its leg, and the shape of its foot, etc., also factor into this ability.

God uses the testimony of His “general revelation” (His creation) to remind us of His “special revelation” (Jesus Christ our Lord). And the Jesus Christ Lizard is a little monument to a wondrous miracle that has captured the imagination of many people. Many folks may not know much else about Jesus, but they have heard that He walked on water, hence the lizard’s nickname.

Furthermore, since God created what we know as “the creation”, He created the physics and chemistry that governs all of creation. Therefore, it stands to reason that He can change the physics and chemistry of a local environment in order to perform “miracles”. A miracle is, by definition, a miracle if it falls outside the probability of occurrence defined by the scientific laws of creation. Miracles within the governing laws of this present creation would cease to be “miracles” if the physics and chemistry were changed. But constrained as we are by three dimensions of space and one dimension of time, and with the formulas of physics and chemistry and the present values for the natural constants (like the gravitational constant and the speed of light), miracles when they happen, amaze us and point to a God who created everything in the first place and therefore transcends His creation!

- Mark Cadwallader, Board Chairman of Creation Moments

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Image: Common basilisk, Envato.

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