Day Three
“What is the price of two sparrows—two copper
coins? Yet God does not forget a single one of them.” Luke 12:6
Sparrows are small, fluttering, drab-colored birds and in ancient times their name was used to name
any other bird with that appearance.
In 1935 an ornithologist printed a paper
stating that the number of feathers on a sparrow varied from 1,359 to 3,352
according to the season. And this count did not include the under-feathers. A different similar bird that was falsely called "sparrows" only had nine feathers.
Jesus said that no matter how small these
birds were, God knew everything about them. He already knew the number of their
feathers before anyone counted them. Nothing happened to them apart from God’s
knowledge (Luke 12:7).
And that is how God sees us too. All the
hairs on our head, all the thoughts in our mind, and all the desires of our
heart are known by Him. No one else knows us as thoroughly and loves us with
such compassion.
Our world tends to only notice if something
or someone is strong or vivid or extraordinary. But God sees all of us,
whether tiny and fluttery or not. It’s not the outside that matters to God but
the heart. He once told His servant Samuel, “The Lord doesn’t see things the
way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the
heart” (1 Samuel 16: 7).
Samuel had started looking for Israel’s next
king based on physical appearance. However it was David, the youngest and
smallest in his family, that God chose because he was, “a man after my own
heart” (Acts 13:2).
Action
1. Watch for the things that catch your
attention.
2. What attitudes stand out to you?
3. Pay attention to the quietest person
in your family or friends. What do you like the most about them?
Read More
1 Samuel 16:1-13
Psalm 84:3
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