River Systems of the World Water is a limited resource that is circulated and purified repeatedly through the water cycle. The earth's many natural resources are not divided evenly among the countries of the world. God has seen fit to place many important resource in some countries and not others. This is a tool used by God to raise up one culture to predominance or to bring another down due to lack of resources. Use, supply, and changes over time are factors in deciding how important natural resources are.
Renewable resources replace themselves naturally or can be raised in continuous supply by people.
Nonrenewable resources, such as fossil fuels, can never be replaced. God has given resources to be used by man to the best of his ability in thankfulness to God. Man in unfaithfulness pollutes and wastes his habitat, thereby stealing and ultimately destroying the very resources given for his survival. The relationship between the earth and the sun affects climates around the world. The sun provides the earth with heat and light.