When we consider the likelihood that we exist because of the work of a Creator, our questions become clouded by a combination of views – both the “big picture” and the minute details. Either view is distorted by the other being out of focus.

We’ve all  heard the expression “can’t see the forest for the trees,” but we need to flip that expression around to read “can’t see the trees for the forest.” We need to move in and focus on the microscopic trees that make up that forest.

In other words, when we look at the “big picture” of our existence, we easily lose sight of the complex combination of microscopic elements that function to keep us alive.

We spend a great deal of effort dodging harmful bacteria by washing, disinfecting, cooking and sterilizing. When that doesn’t work, we engage in chemical warfare against the microscopic enemy by way of antibiotics.

In the process, we may be killing off some of God’s tiny team of benefactors. It is one of the reasons that the medical community is hesitant to get too heavy-handed with antibiotics. Killing off the “good” bacteria can have disastrous consequences.

So, how does this fit into God’s plan?

It has been said that bacteria are the most abundant life form on earth, and some forms survive in the most hostile environments imaginable – including the human digestive system.

And that is where God’s tiny team performs its best work.

From the mouth all the way through the large intestine, the diverse population of bacteria numbers in the hundreds of species, each with its own area of expertise and tolerance. This team of specialists is vital to your ability to digest and process the foods that you eat.

In addition to the nutritional aspect of the bacteria workload, these tiny agents of God’s design also work to develop our immune system.

When we contemplate the miracle of our existence, we need to look deep into that forest in order to see one of the foundations of that miracle. We survive and function in large part via the courtesy of that family of life forms that live unseen within our bodies.

It is a combination of elements worthy of the best science fiction writer. If it didn’t already exist, it would take some extreme imagination to invent such a relationship.

Or, perhaps it would take the efforts and design of a higher power.

When we understand the incredibly complex symbiotic relationship between the human being and the microscopic organism we host, we find further logical evidence for the existence and work of that higher power.

It is the higher power we call God.

We might conclude that, if God didn’t exist, neither would we.