What a Body!

I can never escape from your spirit! I can never get away from your presence! If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night – but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are both alike to you. You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous – and how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. (Psalms 139:7-16 NLV).

“What a body!” are usually the words spoken between two people as they look at someone else poolside or at the beach! However, today I’d like you to put them in a different context. It is an exclamation that we may legitimately make regardless of what our size is. Our physical bodies are a marvel of creation. In fact, if you are an adult of average weight, here is what your body accomplishes in 24 hours:

 your heart beats 103689 times
 your blood travels 168,000,000 miles
 you breathe 23040 times
 you inhale 438 cubic feet of air
 you eat 3. 25 pounds of food
 you drink 2. 9 quarts of liquids
 you lose 7/8 pounds of waste
 you speak 4800 words, including some unnecessary ones
 you move 750 muscles
 your nails grow . 000046 inch
 your hair grows . 01714 inch
 you exercise 7,000,000 brain cells

In today’s Scripture, we can learn several things about our bodies.

1. First, we are not merely a physical creation. When God made us, He gave us more than just flesh. As marvelous as our physical bodies are, they pale in comparison to our emotions, personality, and spirit.

2. Second, we were created according to a divine plan. The psalmist says God knew us before we were ever in our mother’s womb! Next time you begin to think that there’s something “wrong” with your height, or the shape of your nose, or any other unchangeable feature, remember that God made you unique and special in His eyes.

3. Third, God has a plan for us. Every moment was “laid out” before one second of our life began. That plan is one of blessing and promise. Trust Him for it!