While we humans debate the existence of God and question evolution or creationism, some of the tiniest creatures on earth go about their business providing for our food supply.

We may swat them away when they get too close, but without them, we might not exist.

Bees, in particular, are critical to the environment we enjoy and depend upon. Their reputation as the chief pollinators of the world can hardly be over-estimated. While we may think in terms of fruit trees and jars of honey, their contribution goes well beyond those simple examples. Their efforts contribute to the continuation of crops that feed our livestock as well.

So, what has this to do with the debate over the existence of God?

We have become so focused on our lives of automobiles and cell phones that we have lost sight of the miracles that surround us and provide for our very existence.

And it is those miracles that are evidence of God, and His elaborate engineering of this world.

While the incredible biodiversity of our world may have taken millions of years to develop, the perfect balance of nature that allows us to thrive is proof in itself of intelligent design. The spectrum of life forms on this planet and the interaction of those life forms is certainly beyond the probability of random. Each, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, has a place in the overall scheme.

How do we explain the fact that bees construct space-efficient hexagonal storage tube for honey, or that the honey itself has antiseptic properties? How do we explain that tiny spiders extrude silky strands that have enormous strength and flexibility? How do ants know to build safety chambers or floating rafts to avoid flooded passages? How do newborn monarch butterflies know to navigate thousands of miles to winter in Mexico?

When we stop to contemplate these miniature miracles, we certainly can accept that many of these traits were the result of evolutionary adaptations. Survival of the fittest would eventually result in generations of survivors that developed new skills and tools.

Does that mean that we delete the concept of God from the picture? Not quite.

When we admire a beautiful oil painting, do we deny the artist simply because we are aware that oils and canvas were used?

Even if we completely accept the concept of evolution, we should not, in the arrogance of our knowledge, deny the possibility that God used the tools of evolution the same way an artist uses a brush and paints.

Perhaps we need to stop looking for magic in God’s works. Perhaps it is simply that God uses the very tools He created, and among those tools are tiny insect workers – miracle workers.