Your body, and every other human being’s, is more wonderful than the world’s most amazing piece of machinery! It is composed of some sixty trillion cells, making up more than five thousand parts. Furthermore, the Creator has provided it with an intellect far superior to the rest of His earthly creation.
The single cell with which your life began determined what kind of person you would be - tall or short, the color of your eyes, the color of your hair and many more details. By the time you were born, there were some two trillion cells to your body, and as you grew older the number increased to sixty trillion. Various groups of cells are responsible for a particular part of your body, and all groups work together in perfect unity.
Let’s consider your eyes, which are like two cameras working together perfectly, but far superior to the most advanced camera man has made. Healthy eyes can immediately adapt to about ten thousand different focuses, without your even thinking about it. Their pictures come in upside down, but your amazing brain lets you see them right side up.
Your ears can pick out one voice in a crowd or the melody of an entire orchestra. Vibrations they receive send electrical signals to your brain, which immediately identifies the sound and tells you what to do about it.
Your tongue has three thousand taste buds, enriching your life by the enjoyment of food and drink. A sense of smell is important too, warning you against what is harmful.
Your brain has tremendous ability to store information. It is more wonderful than the most advanced computer in the world and is never fully at rest, even during sleep. Your memory is like a huge library, divided into two categories - short-term and long-term. Our Creator designed this to help us along life’s way - not retaining information of little importance, but storing away that of value to be brought to mind when necessary.
Your heart, lungs and digestive system, as well as arms and legs and other parts, are also very important members of your body.
We don’t give much thought to our body parts until they are injured or sickness occurs. However, we should think of what the psalmist wrote in our opening Bible verse. Like him, let us praise and give our thanks to the Lord God who has not only made us, but who invites us to be in heaven with Him when Jesus comes for His own or when our life down here is ended. We may be sure of this if we turn to Him, admitting that we are sinners and accepting Him as our Saviour. He promises, “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)). Have you done this?
ML-03/16/2003