The Insanity of Creation

Did you know your body has approximately 60,000 miles of blood vessels? If they were laid end-to-end, they would wrap around the earth two-and-a-half times.

How about the 30 trillion cells in your body? Each diploid cell has DNA inside of it that is coiled up and compressed to fit a space of 6 micrometers. If the DNA in just one cell in your body were stretched out, it would be about six-and-a-half feet long. If you stretched out every DNA piece in your body, the total length would be about 34-40 trillion miles. That's enough to go to the sun and back 200 times or go to Pluto and back 5 times (is Pluto even a planet? I can't keep up).

Before scientists ever discovered these amazing facts, the Holy Spirit inspired David to write down the facts. David praised and thanked God for making Him "so wonderfully complex." He writes that God knew you before you were born (before your mother even knew she was pregnant!). Life is precious. From womb to tomb, our lives are a gift from God.

The world tells people that creation happened by chance. How could DNA possibly be so complex by accident? How could the earth be just far away enough from the sun to freeze, or just close enough not to burn up? I've seen time and time again that when people are told they are accidents, they are driven to despair and hopelessness. Still others deny the Creator and live only for making themselves happy.

Jesus gives us a better way. He gives us the only way. David prayed for wickedness to be judged. One day, all the evil in the world will be judged. But then, at the end of this masterpiece Psalm, David prays the most amazing prayer to the God who sees us, and the God who created us. Will you pray this same prayer honestly before God today?

"Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Point out anything in me that offends you,

and lead me along the path of everlasting life."