We can be guilty of taking the complexity of our bodies for granted. When we look at individual parts it’s breathtaking how they work and the precision in how they operate is often impossible for us to replicate. Many believe these came through slow changes over many years but is this a reasonable conclusion once we understand the intricacy of how many of our organs work?
For example, let’s look at the eye and the ear…
Here’s a short video on how the ear works:
Every sound we hear “sets off a complex chain of events”. The ear has the smallest bone in the entire body, the stirrup, which is smaller than a grain of sand! Even the most sensitive parts of the ear are protected from loud sounds. If this wasn’t enough, there are 30,000 sensors that dance to sounds. Each picks out a different part of the sound and sends it straight to your brain.
And one for how the eye works:
It’s true that sight is a precious gift we can’t take for granted. Continual adjustment to the pupil and lens regulate the entry and focusing of light. The different parts (cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor, retina, optic nerve) work together to send images to the brain. The eye surface constantly changes to protect itself from changes in conditions and even tears contain natural disinfectants to maintain eye health!
These are just 2 organs in our bodies, there are hundreds more with astounding complexity. Let’s not even get started on our brains!
What’s even more amazing is how these complex structures work as your body grows. From small babies to fully grown, our organs continue to work and grow along with our bodies!
It’s an insult to our intelligence to think that these came about through random chance. The reasonable conclusion has to be that they were created and there is a designer. The reasonable conclusion is to accept that we have a Creator!
We have no excuses.
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. (Romans 1:20 NIV)
It’s to Him we should give the glory for His creation.
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” (Revelation 4:11 NIV)
It’s through Jesus Christ that we can see God’s amazing power in everything created around us.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. (John 1:1-3 NIV)
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:15-17 NIV)
But, this world is coming to an end. It’s clear for everyone to see that this world isn’t now as intended. The extreme weather we’re witnessing, the violence and lawlessness we see increasing, as well as the wars around the world. It’s just as Jesus predicted would happen before His return.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. (2 Peter 3:10-13 NIV)
The real question, will you be part of the new heaven and a new earth? Jesus Christ died upon the cross so that we can be seen a righteous, we have to accept this gift. It’s not forced on us, it’s only by grace are we saved. But time is running out! Don’t wait for tomorrow to be guaranteed of your eternity in glory!
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