Psalm 104: 31
"May the glory of the LORD endure forever; May the LORD rejoice in His works."
As an undergraduate in college, I was majoring in Biology. My childhood goal was to become a Cardiologist. Little did I understand back then that God had called me to spend my life trying to heal the "spiritual" heart, not the physical. On one particular night in one of my classes, the professor leaned over his podium and made this amazing statement. He said; "More Scientist have converted to Christianity over the study of the human heart than for any other reason that I know of." He went on to explain how the human heart was simply a muscle with four chambers in it. And yet, the function is so complex. The heart beats 72 times a minute, 60 minutes an hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, for the average of 70 to 75 years. All while beating in the same rhythm and without getting fatigued.
This past weekend I preached on how Christmas is a wonderful time to remember God our Creator. As I was preparing for the message I came across a fascinating article in my most recent edition of Acts & Facts magazine. The article identified the amazing miracle of the human heart in the unborn child and the how it goes through a transformation at birth.
Let me give you the highlights. In adults, the Right side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs with low pressure. The Left side pumps blood to the body under High pressure. However, in an unborn child, the opposite is true. The baby is living in a sack of water and fluid. The baby's heart pumps with High pressure out of the right side and with Low pressure out of the Left side. The reason is that the Mother sends Oxygen-rich blood to the baby through the Umbilical cord. Another amazing fact is that the Umbilical cord attaches to a vein near the baby's liver to send blood to the heart.
AT BIRTH, the Umbilical cord restricts blood flow to the baby from the Mother. Then sensors in the blood vessels pick-up that there is increased Carbon Dioxide in the blood. Next, sensors in the skin detect temperature change as the baby is being born. All of this stimulates the Nervous System to cause the baby to take it's First Deep Breath! As the baby begins to take it's own breaths,the heart reverses it's process. Now, the Rights side switches from High pressure to Low pressure and the Left side switches from Low pressure to High pressure. How amazing! Only God could have created us in such a wonderful and complex manner!
Romans 1: 20,
"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." NIV
