Those who choose to believe that human life on earth is the result of accidental changes that took place without deliberate and intelligent design over eons of time are welcome to do so. I choose to believe that you and I were created by a loving and thoughtful God. However many years or millions of years He chose in order for that to happen is His business, not mine. It simply does not matter. He created each human being in His spiritual image and housed that likeness within a physical body.
Have you ever given serious thought to what a marvelous and miraculous creation you are – physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually? Your complexity is unexcelled by the government organization of any nation on earth. There is within your physical body a microcosm of mankind.
For example, just one square inch of your skin is estimated to contain 20 blood vessels, 13 sensory points for cold, 78 for heat, 165 for pressure, 65 muscles, 100 glands secreting fatty matter, 650 sweat glands, 28 nerves, 1,300 nerve ends to record pain, and 19,500 sensory cells at the end of nerve fibers.
All of the blood in your body passes through your heart, which has a grip stronger than a fist, every half-minute. The two ventricles of your heart hold about ten ounces of blood which they pump out with every beat.
At 72 beats per minute, that is 45 pounds of blood per minute, 2,700 pounds per hour, and 64,800 pounds (that is 32.4 tons) per day. This is equivalent to the heart raising its own weight 13,000 feet per hour. This continues throughout your entire life span.
Your body is made up of approximately seventy-five trillion cells. Every one of those cells contains hundreds of thousands of molecules with six feet of DNA and over three billion letters of coding. These cells are a potent blend of matter and memory. Your body comes from the earth, is sustained by the earth, and will return to the earth at the time of your death.
Your body contains 206 bones – that is, unless you have lost some of them as the result surgery or an accident. Your brain weighs between forty and fifty ounces and almost eighty percent of this is water. The remaining ten ounces of gray cells have the capacity of storing over ten trillion units of information. A bit of brain tissue the size of a pinhead contains as much information as many of our earliest computers.
No nation’s central intelligence system can compare with your nervous system. Your brain cells are arranged in highly specialized groups for various purposes. Autonomic nerves communicate with one another. Sensory nerves transmit information from the outside world. Motor nerves make possible the contraction of your muscles that allows you to run, jump, play, chew your food, or become involved in other activities.
Your body contains such an awe-inspiring world that that it must be governed. Every organization or group must have structure or it will collapse. No nation can exist and prosper if its internal affairs are controlled by outside influences. A community that is not controlled is soon controlled by anarchists. Misrule becomes the rule. That is as true of a human body as it is of an entire nation.
This leads to a very important question: Who is in control of your life? How you answer that question matters a great deal. No external influence can dominate you without your consent. Your feelings, emotions, and sentiments are not determined by what happens around you as much as by the decisions you make and the attitude you display. You are no one’s marionette unless you choose to be.
God created you not just as a physical being but also as a spiritual being. This means that you are a moral agent – you have the power to choose. It is why Jesus spoke of the importance of being born from within. And, according to the Bible it is why, as unique as you already are, you cannot and will not ever become all that God created you to be until you have accepted Jesus Christ, His Son, as Savior and Lord.
Hopefully you have already made this decision and are actively serving Him. If not, you need to know that even though He loves you, He will not force Himself on you. You must choose to open the door and invite Him in (Revelation 3:20). You can make that decision today – in fact, this very moment! The time is definitely coming when you will no longer have the opportunity.
It could happen much sooner than you realize. Think about it!
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