By Joe
Slater
“Are
not five sparrows sold for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten
before God” (Luke 12:6, NASB).
I’m not an avid bird watcher. I do enjoy
seeing the Robins return in the spring along with the gorgeous red Cardinals.
And we keep a hummingbird feeder in the back yard and laugh at the antics of
the few who drink there as they dive bomb one another. But I don’t even notice
the sparrows. They’re drab; they’re dirty; they don’t sing. I can’t imagine
they’d be any good to eat, though I suppose that’s what Jesus had in mind when
He mentioned people paying a pittance to purchase them.
I simply don’t care about sparrows. But God
does! They are a part of His creation (day five, Genesis 1:20). He notices if
even one of them falls to the ground (Matthew 10:29). That being the case,
Jesus assures us that God is also keenly aware of us. “Even the very hairs of
your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than
many sparrows” (Luke 12:7), animal rights extremists to the contrary
notwithstanding.
I’m glad God cares for sparrows. I’m even
more glad that He cares for me even though I’m not much to look at and there is
plenty about me that is undesirable. Can you relate?
I need to check my attitude toward other
people, especially those whose behavior I find obnoxious. God cares about them
even as he does about you and me. They need Jesus just like we do. Our Lord “is
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2
Peter 3:9). My job is not to despise them, but to lovingly share the gospel
with them.
Can you relate?
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