In light of the voluminous mirco-terrorists ceaselessly assaulting us, it’s simply amazing that we are not debilitatingly sick every second of our existence. How is that? How do we keep living? In part, this thing that the God of the Bible created us with called our immune system.

God’s people have been writing some helpful things recently during the virus crisis. Today, I wanted to step back and look at the glory of God in his creation.

The world is being bombarded by another virus right now. It’s taking a toll, sadly. I thank God for the blood, sweat, and tears of our healthcare workers under immense pressure in these times. Our world is feeling it in all sorts of rough ways.

Viruses are nasty little guys. They are very, very small. The coronavirus is about 100 nanometers in diameter. To put that in perspective, there are one billion nanometers in a meter. In other words, ten million coronavirus’ lined up end to end would make a meter. But size is no commentary on their strength. They are wicked villains. They aren’t even technically considered living things. They are super selfish and unloving. They prey on other cells to keep going, without asking permission. Though they are not living, they do have genetic material that they shove into other cells, which forces reproduction, causing you to get sick.

But, virus bombardment is nothing new. Every day on this planet, we face a huge number of micro-villains, looking to destroy us. Whether in an airport, your house, a church, walking on the beach, sleeping in a five-star hotel, or hiking in the snow, you are basically always being attacked. Viruses, bacteria, pathogens, intruders, and disease-causing things are assaulting you all the time.

In light of the voluminous mirco-terrorists ceaselessly assaulting us, it’s simply amazing that we are not debilitatingly sick every second of our existence.

How is that? How do we keep living? In part, this thing that the God of the Bible created us with called our immune system.

Consider the immune system.

The immune system is a highly-organized defense system designed to fight off the mirco-terrorists. It is a very complex, massive army of cells and bodily defense that go after intruders.

One line of defense that we have is our skin. It’s simply a huge wall and barrier which blocks the micro-villains from entering. And they want to. It’s how they survive and propagate. There is also the sticky mucus which surrounds our organs. As slimy and nasty as mucus seems, it’s important. It’s like a sticky mud-bog of doom for the terrorists, grabbing them and trapping them. But, the terrorists sometime get into the body other ways, for example, when we a virus-laden surface, then touch our touch our eyes, mouth, or nose.

We have a complex system of cells which operate as 24-hour security guards. These mast cells are regularly patrolling, looking for any intruders. When they find something, they send out an alert, and blood cells come to heal any damage.

Then there are leukocytes, which are like special forces soldiers. Some of them patrol the body. And when they find a micro-terrorist, they take no prisoners. They kill the thing. Some of them head out and can kill up to 100 intruders at a time.

Sometimes our own cells can become infected by an intruder. Some of the special forces defenders which patrol the body specifically look for our own infected cells. When they find them, they take them out.

Then there are immune cells which roam around doing detective work. Some of the micro-villains leave little traces of pathogens, sort of like fingerprints or little pieces of evidence. When the immune cells find them, they pass on that information to T cells, so that the T cells can take them out.

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