WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.880 you to open it up. And this morning you can open it to Psalm chapter 139. Psalm chapter 139. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:43.539 For the past couple Sundays we've been reflecting on the truth of how God is worthy of our praise 00:00:43.539 --> 00:00:48.700 and our worship. And we started this two Sundays ago out at the Schmitz. We had an outdoor service 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:54.060 there and we looked at one of the songs that David wrote in which he talked about how God was worthy 00:00:54.060 --> 00:01:02.579 of praise and how they needed to get services going again long ago in Israel. From there last Sunday we 00:01:02.579 --> 00:01:09.280 looked through the eyes of John at what he saw in the heavenly throne room in his vision that the 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:17.099 Lord gave him about how God is worthy of praise because he created all things. And I never intended 00:01:17.099 --> 00:01:22.579 for this to turn into a series but it looks like it might be. Today we're going to look very specifically 00:01:22.579 --> 00:01:28.099 at one of the things which God has made for which he is most worthy of our praise and our worship. 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:39.000 And we find it here in Psalm 139. Up until now in this Psalm David has been reflecting on this wonderful 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:47.980 truth that the Lord sees and knows him in the deepest way possible. He knows what he does. He sees it all. 00:01:47.980 --> 00:01:54.659 He knows what he thinks. What he's about to say even before he says it. He's been reflecting on how God 00:01:54.659 --> 00:02:02.620 is everywhere that he goes. And there's a sense of awe and wonder that David has had here but there's also 00:02:02.620 --> 00:02:09.020 a sense of comfort that he takes knowing that no matter where he goes or ends up the Lord will be 00:02:09.020 --> 00:02:16.000 there with him. And from here he kind of turns his attention to focus on something else. To wonder at 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.539 something else. And that something else is this in verse 13 and 14 he says, 00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:31.900 for you created my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you 00:02:31.900 --> 00:02:42.379 because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. I know that full well. 00:02:42.379 --> 00:02:50.319 So what was up until this point a bit of a song of reflection has now come into a song of praise. 00:02:50.460 --> 00:02:59.979 David gives God praise because of how God has created him. And there's three things that we 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:07.560 notice that David says about how God has created him and by extension all of us. We notice in verse 13 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:16.460 that David speaks of how God, he says, you created my inmost being. You created who I am on the inside, 00:03:17.140 --> 00:03:19.879 beneath the surface of my physical body. 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:27.900 He says, continuing on in that verse, you knit me together in my mother's womb. He speaks of how God 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:38.560 created his physical body as he was knit together in the womb of his mother. And from there he moves into praise. 00:03:39.460 --> 00:03:49.460 And he expresses wonder and awe at what God has done in forming him, making him as the person that he is. 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:53.219 And so we're going to look a little bit at each of these things today. 00:03:53.219 --> 00:04:02.180 We last Sunday considered how God is amazing because of all the things which he has made. 00:04:02.300 --> 00:04:07.620 And so we want to look a little bit today, this is more of a reflective sermon or a meditation sermon 00:04:07.620 --> 00:04:17.699 on just how awesome God's work is in creating us, who we are inside, who we are outside. 00:04:17.699 --> 00:04:26.019 And so we want to begin by looking at the second thing that David mentions, how God has knit us together 00:04:26.019 --> 00:04:33.480 in our mother's womb. He's talking here about our physical bodies. He goes on to talk about that 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:42.519 a little bit later in this passage. God made us our physical bodies. We were created in the womb of our mother. 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:48.279 And last Sunday we talked about how God has created all kinds of creatures. 00:04:48.939 --> 00:04:55.039 All kinds of, I refer to them as living machines, which he has kind of sprinkled throughout this world. 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:04.799 Creatures that have all kinds of different parts and functional mechanisms and systems and ways of moving and working. 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:05.800 And it's amazing. 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:13.639 And it's amazing. Well, today we want to consider just how amazing he has made us in our physical bodies. 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:22.699 Let's think for a moment of one of the things which we have made, which we have designed and engineered. 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:28.360 Most of us are familiar with the car. 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:34.340 It's got all kinds of systems and parts inside of it. 00:05:34.379 --> 00:05:35.540 It's got the fuel system. 00:05:35.740 --> 00:05:39.680 You put the fuel in and the fuel system helps the fuel get where it needs to go, 00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:43.240 the right amount at the right time, into the engine. 00:05:43.840 --> 00:05:46.300 The engine is another system of moving parts, 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:52.780 which takes that fuel in and harnesses the explosions of it into mechanical motion. 00:05:52.779 --> 00:05:56.959 And this creates friction and heat. 00:05:57.059 --> 00:05:59.159 And so you've got the lubrication system. 00:05:59.299 --> 00:06:01.199 You've got the cooling system. 00:06:01.579 --> 00:06:07.259 All of these things are needed in order to create the motion of the vehicle. 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:10.359 From there you've got a whole bunch of other systems, 00:06:10.479 --> 00:06:12.459 because we've got to control that motion. 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:13.899 We've got to harness it. 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:14.939 We've got to make it smooth. 00:06:15.139 --> 00:06:19.699 So we've got the drive system with all its gears and shafts 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:22.800 and things which move that motion out to the wheels. 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:29.379 And the steering system, which enables us to control where we're going. 00:06:30.740 --> 00:06:32.319 That's a pretty impressive machine. 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:38.539 You can kind of get a pretty decent ride at almost any price point. 00:06:40.019 --> 00:06:43.860 But it's nothing compared to the complexity, 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:49.060 the engineering and the design that we see in our own human bodies. 00:06:49.699 --> 00:06:55.860 Just like a car, we too have a chassis of sorts. 00:06:56.259 --> 00:06:57.279 We have a frame. 00:06:57.479 --> 00:06:58.939 We have bones. 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:03.000 And our bones have some amazing properties. 00:07:03.779 --> 00:07:08.879 They maintain this perfect balance of being lightweight, relatively speaking. 00:07:08.980 --> 00:07:11.740 I mean, compared to metal, somewhat flexible, 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:14.500 and yet durable and strong. 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:17.319 They give us our form, our structure. 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:20.599 They give us some rigidity, so we're not just blobs, 00:07:21.219 --> 00:07:23.199 just kind of slooping around. 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:26.279 There are all kinds of different joints, 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:31.439 which enable our body to move in all different kinds of motion. 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:34.539 Let's appreciate some of that range of motion for a moment. 00:07:34.740 --> 00:07:36.620 You know, everybody do this. 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:40.719 Think about all the different ways that we can move. 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:43.280 We've got all kinds of joints. 00:07:43.400 --> 00:07:44.860 We've got ball and socket joints. 00:07:44.960 --> 00:07:46.680 We've got hinge joints. 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:47.840 We've got saddle joints. 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:50.860 We've got joints that I don't even understand or know how they work. 00:07:52.880 --> 00:07:54.120 It's too bad Arlen wasn't here. 00:07:54.220 --> 00:07:55.680 He would have loved this stuff. 00:07:57.100 --> 00:07:58.480 It's an amazing system. 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.820 And we typically think of our bones as being dead, 00:08:02.060 --> 00:08:03.320 and yet they're alive. 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:06.220 They're growing. 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:07.340 They grow. 00:08:07.339 --> 00:08:09.719 What an amazing thing. 00:08:11.159 --> 00:08:14.019 Where did the hardness of our bones come from? 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:16.339 It's not like metal, 00:08:16.419 --> 00:08:18.919 which we just kind of dig up in the ground 00:08:18.919 --> 00:08:22.459 and heat up and bend and put it into the thing. 00:08:22.719 --> 00:08:25.079 Where did the hardness of the bones come from? 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:26.539 It's an amazing system. 00:08:26.540 --> 00:08:31.180 Then we add to that another system, 00:08:31.280 --> 00:08:32.360 the muscular system, 00:08:32.560 --> 00:08:34.940 an incredibly complex system. 00:08:35.420 --> 00:08:37.080 All of these muscles, 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:38.360 these parts of our body, 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:40.879 they have this elastic-like tissue 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:43.800 which enables us to smoothly and fluidly control 00:08:43.800 --> 00:08:45.539 all kinds of motion. 00:08:45.539 --> 00:08:49.279 And these muscles, 00:08:49.860 --> 00:08:54.959 they can be conditioned to lift heavier objects 00:08:54.959 --> 00:08:57.879 or to do different kinds of work 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:02.980 or to go operate for a long period of time 00:09:02.980 --> 00:09:05.539 when we strengthen them. 00:09:06.539 --> 00:09:07.799 It's amazing. 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:10.000 All of these muscles, 00:09:10.819 --> 00:09:11.359 bones, 00:09:11.779 --> 00:09:16.599 are made up of countless living cells. 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:19.099 In fact, 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:19.799 one estimate, 00:09:20.620 --> 00:09:22.159 it's kind of the agreed-upon estimate, 00:09:22.319 --> 00:09:26.059 is that there are over 30 trillion living cells 00:09:26.059 --> 00:09:28.000 in every human body. 00:09:29.779 --> 00:09:30.319 And so, 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:32.719 how do we keep all this going? 00:09:32.859 --> 00:09:35.179 How do we keep these cells doing their jobs? 00:09:35.179 --> 00:09:35.979 Well, 00:09:36.939 --> 00:09:38.159 they need fuel too, 00:09:38.659 --> 00:09:39.699 just like a car. 00:09:40.819 --> 00:09:42.659 They have to have some kind of input. 00:09:43.359 --> 00:09:43.759 So, 00:09:43.859 --> 00:09:44.959 where do we get that from? 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:46.059 Pizza. 00:09:46.539 --> 00:09:47.059 Pizza. 00:09:47.959 --> 00:09:48.479 Yes. 00:09:50.579 --> 00:09:53.919 We get it through our fuel system, 00:09:54.699 --> 00:09:56.699 the digestive system. 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:00.219 Maybe not our favorite system, 00:10:00.299 --> 00:10:02.799 and we think about some of its qualities, 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:06.279 but what an amazing system. 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:07.299 I mean, 00:10:07.339 --> 00:10:08.839 you think about a car for a moment. 00:10:09.599 --> 00:10:12.759 It's engineered to run off of one kind of fuel, 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:14.000 most of the time. 00:10:14.719 --> 00:10:15.120 Gasoline. 00:10:16.179 --> 00:10:18.679 And it can't just run off of any kind of gasoline. 00:10:18.839 --> 00:10:21.459 It's got to be a certain octane. 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:23.000 It's got to have the right balance. 00:10:23.219 --> 00:10:23.359 And so, 00:10:23.439 --> 00:10:24.059 to get that, 00:10:24.219 --> 00:10:25.319 where do we get that from? 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:25.500 Well, 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:27.839 we've got a place like this, 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:29.819 a refinery, 00:10:29.979 --> 00:10:31.179 where we take the crude oil, 00:10:31.179 --> 00:10:32.839 and it's got to be refined. 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:34.899 And it's like a small village, 00:10:34.899 --> 00:10:37.299 where we've got all kinds of buildings, 00:10:37.459 --> 00:10:37.979 and pipes, 00:10:38.179 --> 00:10:39.039 and processes, 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:39.979 and valves, 00:10:40.179 --> 00:10:40.719 and workers, 00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:46.239 and all to make crude oil into gasoline, 00:10:46.620 --> 00:10:49.179 so that we can put it into our cars, 00:10:49.299 --> 00:10:50.079 and fuel them. 00:10:50.959 --> 00:10:52.719 But what's amazing to me, 00:10:53.379 --> 00:10:55.439 when we look at this system, 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:58.000 the digestive system that God has given us, 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.179 this thing is a refinery, 00:11:00.179 --> 00:11:01.200 and a fuel system, 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:02.200 all built in one, 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.179 all packed into this compact area, 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:07.539 amidst all my other systems. 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.139 And it can take not just one thing, 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:13.080 but all kinds of foods, 00:11:13.860 --> 00:11:16.179 all kinds of different organic materials, 00:11:16.860 --> 00:11:18.139 from all over the planet, 00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:20.919 break them down, 00:11:22.019 --> 00:11:24.019 take out the good stuff from them, 00:11:24.019 --> 00:11:25.199 the nutrients, 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:25.840 the vitamins, 00:11:26.079 --> 00:11:26.620 the sugars, 00:11:26.939 --> 00:11:29.559 and separate that from the waste, 00:11:30.259 --> 00:11:31.240 dispose of the waste, 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:32.620 and it's all packed into here. 00:11:33.659 --> 00:11:35.620 It's one of the most amazing things. 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:37.840 A chemical refinery, 00:11:38.199 --> 00:11:38.960 so efficient, 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:41.939 it puts anything we've ever come up with, 00:11:41.939 --> 00:11:42.659 to shame. 00:11:42.659 --> 00:11:46.639 Well, 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:47.959 how do we get all those nutrients, 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:48.579 and vitamins, 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:49.299 and sugars, 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:50.039 and things that, 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:50.980 good things we need, 00:11:51.059 --> 00:11:51.480 oxygen, 00:11:51.959 --> 00:11:55.279 to those 30 trillion cells, 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:56.120 in our body? 00:11:57.199 --> 00:11:58.379 This is where we need, 00:11:58.439 --> 00:11:59.799 the circulatory system. 00:12:00.719 --> 00:12:01.039 This, 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.159 incredibly complex, 00:12:03.860 --> 00:12:04.559 network, 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:07.039 it's like a hydraulic fluid, 00:12:07.179 --> 00:12:08.399 transportation system, 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:10.299 which runs throughout our entire bodies. 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:11.879 You've got your arteries, 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:12.980 which bring the things, 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:15.159 to the various cells, 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:16.240 and the veins, 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:17.059 which take the thing, 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:18.580 the carbon dioxide away. 00:12:20.539 --> 00:12:22.019 This picture, 00:12:22.059 --> 00:12:23.299 doesn't really do it justice, 00:12:23.419 --> 00:12:24.980 because off of all of those veins, 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:25.500 and arteries, 00:12:25.779 --> 00:12:27.059 there are an estimated, 00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:28.919 10 billion capillaries, 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:30.080 tiny little branches, 00:12:30.700 --> 00:12:31.299 just bringing, 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:32.519 bringing what's needed, 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:34.320 to each of those little cell clusters, 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:36.039 all throughout the body, 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:38.600 and taking what's waste, 00:12:38.659 --> 00:12:39.980 away from those cells. 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:41.800 And all of this is, 00:12:41.800 --> 00:12:42.639 controlled, 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:43.019 and, 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:44.200 or it's, 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.320 the movement of all this stuff, 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:49.159 is driven by the heart, 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:50.420 this muscle, 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:51.800 which is able to, 00:12:51.800 --> 00:12:53.600 to circulate that stuff, 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:55.000 that's needed by the body, 00:12:55.100 --> 00:12:56.240 throughout the whole thing, 00:12:56.659 --> 00:12:57.560 very quickly. 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:01.460 It's an amazing system. 00:13:01.460 --> 00:13:03.700 And we might wonder, 00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:04.000 well, 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:06.240 how does all of this stuff, 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:07.420 work, 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:08.200 together? 00:13:09.180 --> 00:13:10.879 How can it be so coordinated, 00:13:11.160 --> 00:13:12.400 that we actually don't, 00:13:12.560 --> 00:13:13.580 that it actually works? 00:13:13.680 --> 00:13:14.180 Like this is, 00:13:14.400 --> 00:13:15.120 this is not, 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:16.320 a simple matter. 00:13:17.100 --> 00:13:17.840 God's given us, 00:13:17.920 --> 00:13:18.700 the nervous system. 00:13:18.800 --> 00:13:19.800 He's given us a brain, 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:21.019 which is like our computer, 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:22.200 core, 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:22.500 which, 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:23.800 oversees, 00:13:23.900 --> 00:13:24.360 and manages, 00:13:24.580 --> 00:13:25.180 and drives, 00:13:25.280 --> 00:13:25.900 all of it, 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:27.019 so that the heart beats, 00:13:27.060 --> 00:13:28.000 at the right speed, 00:13:28.160 --> 00:13:28.540 so that, 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:30.500 everything happens, 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:31.679 all at the right time. 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.919 It's amazing. 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:36.899 The brain's responsible, 00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:38.219 for language, 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:40.159 interpretation, 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:41.039 and, 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:43.159 and processing the signals, 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:43.919 we take in, 00:13:44.099 --> 00:13:45.219 through touch, 00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:46.360 and through sight, 00:13:46.719 --> 00:13:47.699 and through smell. 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:50.139 It automatically, 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:50.959 controls, 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:52.620 the beating of our heart, 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:54.539 our breathing, 00:13:55.319 --> 00:13:56.179 all kinds of, 00:13:56.699 --> 00:13:58.000 involuntary processes, 00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:58.820 that are happening, 00:13:58.820 --> 00:13:59.460 in the body, 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:01.220 in any given moment. 00:14:02.820 --> 00:14:03.659 It's amazing. 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:05.679 I was thinking about this, 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:06.179 this morning, 00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:06.860 even just, 00:14:07.139 --> 00:14:07.899 our breathing. 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:09.220 Like, 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:10.440 here's a system, 00:14:10.779 --> 00:14:12.019 that at any time, 00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.860 we can just decide, 00:14:12.940 --> 00:14:13.000 oh, 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:13.860 I'm going to take that over. 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:15.559 I'm going to start, 00:14:15.620 --> 00:14:16.460 controlling my breathing. 00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:17.480 And then, 00:14:18.139 --> 00:14:18.899 the next moment, 00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:19.139 oh, 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:19.960 I'm just going to give back, 00:14:20.019 --> 00:14:21.000 control to autopilot, 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:21.820 because I'm focused, 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:22.480 on this task. 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:23.240 And you don't even think, 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:23.940 about inhaling, 00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:25.379 or exhaling. 00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:27.720 The brain, 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:29.259 is wired in such a way, 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:29.960 that we are able, 00:14:30.059 --> 00:14:30.580 to do that, 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.480 to make that switch, 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.980 just seamlessly. 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:37.879 These are the big systems, 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:38.939 and that's not even all of them. 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.120 I mean, 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.720 we could talk about, 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:40.779 the hormone system, 00:14:40.939 --> 00:14:41.539 we could talk about, 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:42.840 the reproductive system, 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:43.919 all of these, 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:44.939 fully integrated, 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:46.740 with all these other systems. 00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:47.919 I mean, 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.919 you think of hormones, 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:49.320 I mean, 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:50.679 what an amazing thing. 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:51.980 You need a little, 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:53.019 boost, 00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:54.199 so that you can move quickly, 00:14:54.939 --> 00:14:55.679 we'll give you a little, 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:56.500 shot of adrenaline, 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.379 we'll inject it, 00:14:57.439 --> 00:14:57.939 so to speak, 00:14:57.980 --> 00:14:58.980 right into your bloodstream, 00:14:59.079 --> 00:14:59.480 and boom, 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:01.340 you can move real fast, 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:02.000 if you need to. 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:03.879 There's a whole, 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.819 medicine cabinet, 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:06.199 full of different hormones, 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:06.980 that we can just, 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.620 whenever they're needed, 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:09.519 the body can just, 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.299 inject them, 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:11.120 so to speak, 00:15:11.439 --> 00:15:12.500 into the bloodstream, 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:13.740 and we're ready to go. 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:15.860 And not only that, 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:16.819 they can even, 00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:19.120 target specific parts, 00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:20.860 or cells in the body, 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.600 with those hormones. 00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:22.259 It's amazing. 00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:23.819 Here's a system, 00:15:23.819 --> 00:15:25.000 within one of the systems, 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:26.179 because all of these systems, 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:28.259 have complex systems, 00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:28.980 within them. 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:31.360 This is in the circulatory system. 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:34.379 We have this amazing ability, 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:35.159 I mean, 00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:37.120 wouldn't it be awesome, 00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:37.740 if a car, 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:38.620 when it broke down, 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.579 could fix itself? 00:15:41.579 --> 00:15:43.259 We have this amazing ability, 00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:45.220 for our bodies to heal. 00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:47.600 If a blood vessel is broken, 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:48.360 if there's a nick, 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:49.039 or a cut, 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:52.120 blood can actually, 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:53.199 form a barrier, 00:15:53.199 --> 00:15:54.379 at that place, 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.740 and heal it up. 00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:56.639 This is amazing. 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.000 I mean, 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.379 Capelli's, 00:15:58.759 --> 00:15:59.599 out at your greenhouse, 00:15:59.819 --> 00:16:01.079 you guys got all kinds of, 00:16:01.079 --> 00:16:02.839 waterworks going on out there. 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:03.719 Pipes, 00:16:03.839 --> 00:16:04.759 and little tubes, 00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:06.179 going into every little plant, 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.740 here and there. 00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:08.759 Wouldn't it be amazing, 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:09.740 if those little tubes, 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.799 whenever they sprung a leak, 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:12.099 could just kind of fix themselves? 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:15.680 This is amazing. 00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:18.440 Here's a map, 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:20.460 a schematic map, 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:21.759 of all the different proteins, 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:22.779 and their interactions, 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:23.720 that are required, 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:25.440 just to form a clot. 00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:28.240 That successfully, 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:29.639 creates the barrier, 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:32.220 so that you don't bleed to death, 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:35.000 but also keeps some of the chunks, 00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:35.980 from going back up, 00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.700 into the stream, 00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:37.820 and going into your brain, 00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:38.779 and causing a stroke. 00:16:40.160 --> 00:16:41.160 It's mind blowing. 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:43.480 And these kinds of little systems, 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.240 of interactions, 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:46.179 are all over, 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:47.959 in every system of the body. 00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:51.579 We are walking miracles. 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:55.219 Masterpieces of engineering, 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:55.879 and design. 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:00.719 Let's consider for a moment, 00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:03.459 that these are just the big systems, 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:05.399 and what we can see easily. 00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:07.460 Beneath all of these, 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:09.299 there's the world of the cell. 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.200 And I talked a little bit, 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:11.159 about this last Sunday. 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:12.539 There's all kinds of things, 00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:13.639 happening in the cell, 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:15.039 that are mind boggling. 00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:15.740 And I'm not going to try, 00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:16.639 to do them justice. 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.319 I'm going to show us, 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:18.720 a video clip today, 00:17:18.899 --> 00:17:19.859 so that we can just, 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.740 get a little glimpse, 00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.759 of what's going on, 00:17:21.879 --> 00:17:22.519 in the cell. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:24.299 It's amazing, 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:24.960 to consider, 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.779 even for a moment, 00:17:25.919 --> 00:17:26.680 that all of that, 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:28.019 is happening all the time, 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.359 in our bodies. 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:31.680 In just once, 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.779 in each cell. 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:37.500 It is the Lord, 00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:38.579 who has created, 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:39.319 our bodies. 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:41.619 You knit me together, 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.879 in my mother's womb. 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.420 All of me, 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:46.019 came from, 00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:47.660 one human cell. 00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:50.879 And inside that, 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:52.240 was everything that was needed, 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.259 to unpackage, 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:54.720 and assemble me. 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:58.420 It's no wonder, 00:17:58.640 --> 00:17:59.940 that David says, 00:18:00.380 --> 00:18:01.240 I praise you, 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.799 because I am fearfully, 00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:03.920 and wonderfully made. 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.400 All of that, 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:07.880 is just, 00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:09.220 our physical bodies. 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.620 David also reflects, 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.480 on how God, 00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.120 has created, 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:15.640 our non-physical parts. 00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.240 We see that, 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:18.000 in verse 13, 00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:18.519 he says, 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.660 for you created, 00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.900 my inmost being. 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:22.660 Literally, 00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:23.880 you created, 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:25.340 my kidneys. 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.640 In their culture, 00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:28.460 and in their day, 00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:29.200 that was kind of, 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.660 the organ, 00:18:29.800 --> 00:18:30.540 that they pointed to, 00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:32.080 as the seed of the emotions. 00:18:32.780 --> 00:18:33.220 The place, 00:18:33.300 --> 00:18:34.140 where our character, 00:18:34.540 --> 00:18:34.960 lived, 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:36.360 where our wisdom, 00:18:36.580 --> 00:18:37.760 came out of. 00:18:38.120 --> 00:18:38.740 In our culture, 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:40.120 we typically use, 00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.640 the words like, 00:18:40.760 --> 00:18:41.560 heart and mind. 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.260 Who I am, 00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:43.740 deep down in my heart. 00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:46.560 David's not referring, 00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:48.200 to physical kidneys. 00:18:48.520 --> 00:18:49.540 This is poetry. 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.360 This is song. 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:50.860 He's saying, 00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:52.300 you created who I am, 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.840 deep down inside. 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:55.180 In my inmost being. 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:58.540 The physical part of us, 00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.140 our bodies, 00:18:59.280 --> 00:19:01.320 are amazing machines. 00:19:01.520 --> 00:19:02.820 But we are not just machines. 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:05.120 We are not just robots. 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:07.460 There's a non-physical part, 00:19:07.560 --> 00:19:08.400 to us as well. 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:11.140 We have intelligence. 00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.680 We have the ability, 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:14.060 to make decisions. 00:19:15.020 --> 00:19:17.040 To choose what to do, 00:19:17.040 --> 00:19:18.760 with this body, 00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.860 and with our parts. 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.920 How to move. 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:22.720 We have the ability, 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.660 to communicate, 00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:25.420 with other people. 00:19:26.820 --> 00:19:28.300 Have relationships. 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.259 There's a whole, 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:33.200 other aspect of this. 00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:34.539 And it's amazing, 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.600 how all of this, 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.440 is integrated, 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.259 so deeply, 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:39.580 with our physical bodies. 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:40.539 I mean, 00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.640 we could make the decision, 00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.980 to spend, 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.580 an hour a day, 00:19:45.300 --> 00:19:46.420 practicing piano. 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:48.920 And the body, 00:19:49.060 --> 00:19:50.080 changes as a result, 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.960 of that decision. 00:19:52.300 --> 00:19:53.279 Seldom used, 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.759 alleys in our brain, 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:56.039 are strengthened, 00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:57.980 into well-traveled highways, 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.860 that enable us, 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:00.340 to just flow, 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.460 and do all of that, 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.800 fine coordination, 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.519 in our fingers, 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.400 effortlessly. 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:07.740 We have the ability, 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.220 to plan. 00:20:08.540 --> 00:20:09.380 We have the ability, 00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:11.560 to envision things, 00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.620 calculate, 00:20:13.320 --> 00:20:13.800 estimate, 00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:15.259 and then move, 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.280 towards those things, 00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:16.800 and try to, 00:20:16.800 --> 00:20:17.980 bring those plans, 00:20:18.080 --> 00:20:18.860 into being. 00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.800 All of this, 00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:21.500 is part of, 00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.400 who we are, 00:20:22.800 --> 00:20:24.320 in our inmost being. 00:20:25.280 --> 00:20:25.860 David says, 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.960 you created that. 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.280 Our character, 00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:31.580 our self-awareness, 00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:33.820 our conscience, 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:33.960 is, 00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:39.259 as David, 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:40.059 reflects on these, 00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:40.839 two realities, 00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.480 how God, 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.539 created us, 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.460 deep down on the inside, 00:20:44.639 --> 00:20:45.879 and on the outside, 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:46.720 physically, 00:20:46.939 --> 00:20:47.659 non-physically, 00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:49.740 he comes to these words, 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.200 he says, 00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:51.319 I praise you, 00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:53.179 because I am fearfully, 00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:55.119 and wonderfully made. 00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:57.599 I love that word, 00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.039 fearful. 00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.700 It speaks, 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.579 of awe. 00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:01.960 You know, 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.919 when I see that stuff, 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.799 going on in the cell, 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.480 it's just, 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:06.319 it's like the fingerprint, 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.059 of God, 00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:08.019 is upon us. 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.579 The signature, 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:11.740 of his design, 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.419 is upon us. 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.019 There are things, 00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:14.480 going on inside our bodies, 00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.119 that we, 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.960 we couldn't even hope, 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.619 to engineer, 00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.399 or build, 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.240 or coordinate, 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:21.599 in all of our best designs, 00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.200 and planning, 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.879 and schematics. 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:25.780 It's evidence, 00:21:25.780 --> 00:21:25.800 it's evidence, 00:21:25.800 --> 00:21:26.780 that we have been made, 00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.340 by someone, 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:28.340 that is vastly, 00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.080 superior, 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:30.220 to us. 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.180 God. 00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:34.140 It's something, 00:21:34.320 --> 00:21:34.620 that should, 00:21:34.780 --> 00:21:35.880 put a little bit, 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.380 of fear, 00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.340 into us. 00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:38.500 A little bit of awe. 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.820 We are, 00:21:41.040 --> 00:21:42.500 full of wonders. 00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.720 I praise you, 00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:45.280 because I am, 00:21:45.280 --> 00:21:45.860 wonder, 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:47.320 fully made. 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:55.299 All of these, 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.119 move David, 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.339 to praise, 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.779 to sing. 00:22:01.159 --> 00:22:02.379 And God is worthy, 00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:02.960 of praise. 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.460 He has made us, 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.439 like this, 00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.139 such that, 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:07.899 we, 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.619 I mean, 00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.399 David didn't know, 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.159 all of these things, 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.919 about the cell. 00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.579 He didn't know, 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:13.059 probably half of the stuff, 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.619 that we know. 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.399 He might have cut, 00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:16.259 a few guys open, 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.160 and seen some things, 00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.500 in there, 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:17.779 but, 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:21.180 isn't it amazing, 00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:23.400 that God, 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:25.099 has made us, 00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:26.579 to live, 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.720 and move, 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.579 as we do. 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.640 He has made us, 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.480 on the inside, 00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:31.359 and the out. 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.599 He's added a whole, 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:34.420 richness to our lives, 00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.599 and enjoyment, 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.480 of this world, 00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.420 through our senses, 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.059 smell, 00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.599 sight, 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.140 touch. 00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.220 We're able, 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.140 to experience, 00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.879 relationship, 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.859 with one another, 00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.619 intimacy, 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.819 all kinds of things. 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.819 All of these, 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:49.220 point back, 00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.839 to the truth, 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.660 that we've been looking at, 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.619 these past couple weeks, 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.420 that God, 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:54.039 is worthy, 00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.400 of praise. 00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.779 He deserves it. 00:22:58.879 --> 00:23:00.039 It's only fitting, 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.539 that we, 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:02.079 that we give it to him, 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.640 that we sing to him, 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.359 that we do it, 00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.799 day after day, 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:07.799 and Sunday after Sunday, 00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.440 as a church, 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.420 when we come together, 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.319 like this. 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:12.779 and so I pray, 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.619 that we will continue, 00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.939 to grow in the wonder, 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.099 and awe, 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:18.200 of what God has done, 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:20.259 making us who we are, 00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:21.259 and making the world, 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.500 that we live in. 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.899 Let's pray. 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.839 Father in heaven, 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.559 we thank you, 00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:29.460 for the good gift, 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.659 of life, 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.220 of breath, 00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:34.860 and all the enjoyment, 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.620 that we get, 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.400 out of the things, 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.039 you have made, 00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.960 of relationship, 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.799 with each other, 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.380 family, 00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.579 children, 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.600 and grandchildren, 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:47.259 there's a sweetness, 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.240 to those things, 00:23:48.679 --> 00:23:49.980 sometimes there's a hardness, 00:23:50.219 --> 00:23:50.679 and a bitterness, 00:23:51.199 --> 00:23:51.500 yes, 00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.619 a difficulty, 00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.139 but there's a beauty, 00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:54.659 to it, 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.599 and a wonder, 00:23:56.199 --> 00:23:57.119 and we just thank you, 00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:58.000 that you've given us, 00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.879 the gift of life, 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.599 we pray this, 00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.399 in Jesus name, 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.619 amen.