A minute is a funny amount of time. It's long enough to notice, but it's too short to do much of anything with. There are only about five hundred thousand of them in a year. But when you add all of humanity together, a lot starts to happen in that lowly minute. Consider what happens before the second hand of a clock completes one rotation:

• 25 Americans will get a passport, according to the U.S. Department of State.
• 58 airplanes will take off around the world, according to the International Air Traffic Association.
• 116 people will get married, according to data from the United Nations.
• 144 people will move to a new home, according to Gallup.
• 11,319 packages will be delivered by UPS.
• 243,000 photos will be uploaded to Facebook.
• 5,441,400 pounds of garbage will be created, according to the World Bank.
• 7,150,000,000 human hearts (according to the United States Census Bureau) will beat … 500,500,000,000 times, according to the American Heart Association, as their bodies create … 858,282,240,000,000,000 new red blood cells, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Possible Preaching Angles: (1) Obedience; Decisions; Lordship of Christ—These stats remind us how important every minute is to our lives in Christ. (2) Redeeming the Time—Ephesians 5:16 reminds us to make the most of the time because the days are evil. (3) Accepting Christ; Conversion—This can also be the moment when you turn from sin and give your life to Christ.