On January 14th, we started our first message from our GOD OF WONDERS series called ‘Creation Of Man’. Here is what we talked about……
When I was in Jr. High School (many years ago), for part of the year we had to take ‘Wood Shop’. That’s a class where you use large saws and other machinery to build things out of wood. We were allowed to pick our own project so I decided to build a toy Robot completely out of wood. So as I started preparing, getting my wood ready, tracing out where I would cut, I was very excited to see the final product. Once the pieces were all cut out, I needed to sand them. I remember chipping the head of the robot, so a big sliver of wood fell off. As I went on, I made a few more mistakes. I handed in my robot once it was finished, and to be honest, I got a very bad mark on it because of all the imperfections I made on it. However, in my eyes, it was awesome. I was so proud of myself and I thought I made the best robot anyone possibly could.
Let’s take a look in Genesis 2 when God was doing some creatin’….
Adam and Eve
5-7 At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground—God hadn’t yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs) God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
18-20 God said, “It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion.” So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn’t find a suitable companion.
21-22 God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.
This sounds like God breathed into Man and the *POOF*..all was done. But God already knew how the human body would form.
I thought it would be fun to share a few cool facts about our bodies, showing how much care and design God used when he created us.
Amazing Facts About The Human Body:
- There are 54 bones in your hands including the wrists.
- Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone.
- Your thigh bone is stronger than concrete.
- The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long.
- The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours.
- The width of your armspan stretched out is the length of your whole body.
- The human heart beast roughly 35 million times a year.
- The human heart weighs less than a pound.
- The human heart can create enough pressure that it could squirt blood at a distance of thirty feet.
- The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger.
- The human liver performs over 500 functions.
- Your brain is 80% water.
- Your brain is move active and thinks more at night than during the day.
- The average human head weighs about eight pounds.
- The average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.
- Your thumb is the same length of your nose.
The Human body is full of organs/muscles/bones/ and lots of blood. However, all of these things use one another to operate the body. You take one or more of these things away and the Human body will not easily survive. God knew this when he made us.
Going back to my Robot story, no matter what happens in your life, or what mistakes you’ve made (or probably will make in the future), God loves you so much. You are SO valuable to Him. Your life has value. We need to remember that God created Man and Woman for a purpose.
“So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:27
I hope this made you think a little…
Matt
