Genesis 1:9-13
Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. 10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so. 12And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13So the evening and the morning were the third day.
Matthew Henry: “[Observe] 3. That though God, ordinarily, makes use of the agency of second causes, according to their nature, yet he neither needs them nor is tied to them; for, though the precious fruits of the earth are usually brought forth by the influences of the sun and moon…
Deuteronomy 33:14
With the precious fruits of the sun, With the precious produce of the months,
…yet here we find the earth bearing a great abundance of fruit, probable ripe fruit, before the sun and moon were made.
Clay Miller: It is interesting how day 1 correlates with day four with light being created and on day 4 light-bearing objects. Day 2 correlates to day 5 in that the firmament was created and the seas, and day 5 filled the firmament with birds and those seas with life. And day 3 here, God creates land and vegetation, correlating with day 6 in which God fills the land with living creatures.
One of the wonders of God is His self-existence. This is also known as the aseity of God. He has no cause. He has always existed (eternal). He is the only being as such. This is one reason there can be no other God and why no one ever can become a god. Part of the definition of God is His aseity and His eternality.
Being God, He is the First Cause of creation. In creating He established a system in which second causes work to continue reproduction of plants and animals and humanity. He oversees it all in His providence and decrees. This too sets God apart as God. Only He has no need for other causes or laws to create. All of this is created from Himself as the source. So when you look at the waters, the earth, the vegetation, the reproductive systems…remember the Creator!
