Blind Chance versus God’s Command – Part 1/2
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” (Psalm 139:14)
Could life as we know it – plant, animal, and human life – have spontaneously happened by chance? Could our amazing solar system be the result of an accident? The more advanced science becomes, the more evidence there is for a Master Designer. Researchers continue to uncover the divine order in each tiny human cell. American biochemist Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences, writes, ‘We have always underestimated cells; undoubtedly we still do…Cells are the basic unit of life…indeed the entire cell can be viewed as a factory that contains an elaborate network of interlocking assembly lines, each of which is composed of a set of different protein machines in defined positions.’
The psalmist David wasn’t a scientist, yet he recognized that each of us is a complex product of God’s amazing hands! ‘You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb…You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion…woven together in the dark of the womb…How precious are your thoughts about me…They cannot be numbered!…And when I wake up, you are still with me!’ (vv. 13, 15, 17-18).
The average human heart beats 115,000 times a day. Our blood travels 12,000 miles every day (about twenty times the length of the UK from northern Scotland to southern England!). Adults take an average of 18,000 to 30,000 breaths a day, and for the most part, all these functions take place without our awareness. Amazing! Today, stop and take a few minutes to acknowledge and thank your Creator for the amazing things He did with that first clump of dirt.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank You for Your marvelous work in creating me. Let me live in Your image each day and forgive me when I do not. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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This reminds me of the old joke:
God and Man were having an argument. Man told God, “Sorry, but just don’t need you anymore. We are now able to create life on our own.”
God said, “All right, fine. Let’s see.”
So Man reached down and grabbed a handful of dirt. God stopped him and said, “Hold on. You make your own dirt.”