Historians may point back to the year 2000 as the year for the completion of the mapping of the human genome. For the first time in history there was a map of the genetic code of the human body. And that’s only the beginning. Scientists anticipate a time, soon to come, where we will be able to be told our likelihood for having a heart attack, an aneurysm, cancer or some disease that we don’t even know the name of at this point. Such information could shape our whole lives.

Now there are a lot of people who say, “I don’t want to know. Why would I want to know if I’m going to have prostate or breast cancer? I would much rather live in ignorance. I’ve enjoyed my life so far and I’m going to enjoy it right up until I find out something different. I’ll just deal with it when the time comes.” And then the medical scientists say, “But, wait a minute. If you know what’s coming, you can be ready and you can be prepared.”

In the Bible Jesus mapped out the genome of human history – he told us what we can expect in the future. He told us that he is coming back to earth again some day so that we can be ready. He wants us to be prepared. And the way to prepare ourselves is to read his instructions in the Bible and to stay in close contact with him through prayer.