I just started a relationship with a new chiropractor. While waiting in his office, I marveled at the diagram of the human nervous system on his wall. You may have seen it—the one that shows the orderly organization of nerves along the spinal cord, from top to bottom, and how they are logically connected to all the various organs, limbs, and extremities.

To me, this diagram screams out the brilliance of our Creator. The logical and organized design of the nervous system and how it actually works absolutely blows me away! This gives new meaning to Psalm 139, which declares that we are “fearfully and wonderfully made.”

I can’t help but feel sorry for those who believe that something as complex as the human nervous system could have been the product of random chance and evolution! The likelihood that the human body could have ever evolved from apes or pond scum, to me, is laughable. Talk about a giant leap of faith!

The psalmist who wrote Psalm 104 likely never saw a diagram of the human nervous system, but he was marveling at God’s design and creation all the same. In Verses 5-9, the psalmist describes how God covered the mountains with water and at His rebuke it fled, flowing to the place He had assigned it. Verse 9 says that God “set a boundary they [the oceans] cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.”  This, of course, refers back to the Flood and God’s covenant with Noah that He would never again destroy the entire earth with a flood (Genesis 9:11). Hence, the rainbow.

Verses 27-30 point out how all of God’s creatures are subject to His will and live and die according to His plan. When I read these verses, I’m encouraged by the sovereignty of God over life and death. Also interesting is that the process of renewal and regeneration He applies to the face of the earth can be applied to us and our spiritual lives.

But perhaps the most wonderful thing about this psalm is that it gives us more insight into the nature and character of our God and Creator. The apostle Paul states it this way in his letter to the Romans: “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 was made, so that men are without excuse” (Romans 1:20). When I look at the intricacies of all that God has made, I rejoice and praise Him with the psalmist, for He is an amazing God. I love how Chris Tomlin stated it in his song, Indescribable:

From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea,
Creation’s revealing Your majesty.
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring,
Every creature unique in the song that it sings.
All exclaiming

“Indescribable, uncontainable!”
You placed the stars in the sky,
And You know them by name.
You are amazing, God!