Body of Proof

Pastor Gary Oser

My daughter introduced me to a wonderful book entitled, A Closer Look at the Evidence, by Richard and Tina Kleiss. The book shares evidences of our Creator God. Over the next few months, I want to share a number of accounts from the book.

Our kidneys, as human beings, give evidence of a Creator. Our kidneys are such extremely complex, yet reliably designed organs, that we can survive with a single kidney working a fraction of its capacity. The primary function of the kidneys is to filter impurities and toxins in our blood. Each kidney has three layers called the cortex, the medulla and the pelvis. Blood flows into the cortex and medulla through the renal artery.

The renal artery then branches into smaller vessels which connect to a blood filtration unit within the kidney called the nephron. Two normal kidneys have about 2,000,000 nephrons (60 miles of combined length), which purify all of the body’s blood approximately every 50 minutes. Over 400 gallons of blood are pumped through the kidneys each day. After being purified, about 99% of the blood’s fluid is recycled back into the body for further use.

Many engineers over countless hours have worked to design artificial kidneys. Why would anyone accept that these huge and inefficient artificial kidneys have an intelligent designer, yet refuse to see God behind the infinitely more intricate designed kidneys within our bodies?

Truly, as the Word of God says in Psalm 139:14, we have been “fearfully and wonderfully made.” The intricacies of the human body point to the Creator God who in the words of Psalm 139:13 (NLT) “knit us together in our mother’s womb.”