Only God Can Make a Man
dby David Gibson
A designer with a lowercase “d”
A few years ago, we visited with a man who helped design a life-size robot of Abraham Lincoln. Not only did it look realistic, but it could even stand up and make a speech.
The designer showed us the schematics of its inner workings—a true marvel of human intelligence and engineering.
The designer made the robot, but God made the designer.
“Know that the LORD Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves ...” (Psalms 100:3 NASB).
As David said, “I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalms 139:14). Using his God-given faculties, David could sling a stone with precision, play the harp with skill, and contemplate his Creator.
The Designer with an Uppercase “D”
What David wrote 3,000 years ago about the wonders of the human body, we can now say with even greater conviction, given how much more we know about the intricacies of DNA coding within each living cell.
Who could possibly create such complexities but God? With ultrasound technology, we can see what David could only imagine: “For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb ...” (Psalms 139:13).
“Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well” (Psalms 139:14).
