"Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows." ~Luke 12:6-7 I love this Bible passage where Jesus tells us how critical the sparrows are to God. Although they are of little value to us, Jesus will remember every single one of them. In Matthew 10:29, Jesus tells us that not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of His Father. This is what He thinks a single bird is worth!
But then Jesus tells us that we are of far more value to God than many sparrows! If God cares for and watches over these little birds, how much more will He watch over us? We are worth so much more to God than the birds of the air, who do not sow, reap, or store into barns (Matthew 6:25-34). The next time you feel anxious about the future, take a moment and look at a bird or a squirrel or a tree. God provides for all He created, for that is what faithful fathers do. If He takes care of the least of His creatures, how much more will He care for you! Prayer: Thank You, Father, that I can trust all to Your loving care. I know You care for all You have made, and Your thoughtfulness for the smallest sparrow is more than I can possibly conceive. Today help me to understand that I am of so much more value to You than these little birds so that I can rest in Your love knowing I don’t have to worry. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. "The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing." ~Zephaniah 3:17 When I go to the ocean, I love the continual roaring sound of the waves breaking on the seashore. I wonder if this is one of the ways our God and Father rejoice over all He made with His singing? I love this verse in the Bible because it is jam-packed and full of promises. God is mighty to save! He will be glad over us with joy; He will still us in His love, and He sings over us! All these powerful promises are packed into one verse.
For the sake of time, I want to focus on the part of this promise that says God sings over us with loud shouts of joy. The context of this verse is that God is singing over us with great passion because we make Him very happy! How many of us really experience this kind of joy? If this revelation became more of a reality, it would change the way we see ourselves and the way we see God. Many times, when we look at ourselves in the mirror, we see only the flaws. When God looks at us, it is as though His heart skips a beat for the joy that we give Him. My prayer today is that the blinders would come off our eyes so that we might actually see ourselves in the light of God’s love and begin to experience His joy over our lives. The Bible says in Nehemiah 8:10, "The joy of the LORD is your strength." His joy over our lives will provide us the power to live a whole, free, joy-filled life simply because God loves you with all His heart and rejoices over you with loud shouts of joy! Prayer: Thank You, Father, for the joyful songs You sing over me, just because I give You so much pleasure. Help me to believe this is true and help me to reject every lie that tries to convince me that I am a disappointment to you. I pray that I might have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying so that I can enter into the joy you have for me and find the strength I need to face this day knowing fully that I am completely loved and accepted in your sight. In Jesus' name I pray, amen. "And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him." ~1 John 4:16 If we dwell in love, we stay in God. Think of it this way: if we make our home in love, we also make our home in God, for God is love. Now, consider this picture for a second. If love were a house, your heavenly Father would give you the whole house to run around in! You could go to the fridge at any time, take off your shoes in the living room, lie on the couch, etc.
If love is a house, it would be logical that our Father would want us to feel comfortable living in it. But my question is, are we comfortable living in love? Are we at ease with the intimacy and vulnerability of living in love? For many of us, the term 'love' may even have a broken meaning. If we are to learn to live comfortably in love, God must redeem our understanding of love. In 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, the Apostle Paul provides his definition of love. "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away." To understand the kind of love that comes directly from God Himself, we must be comfortable receiving it. We love because He loved us first. (1 John 4:19) If you want to learn how to be comfortable living in the house of God’s love, ask Him to teach you how to receive it daily. The more we can receive our Father’s love, the more comfortable we will be living in love. As we live in God's love, others will see the impact of living in God's love on our lives too! Prayer: Thank You Father for the great love You always pour out on me, on good days and bad. Help me to be comfortable in receiving the love You so freely give me through your Holy Spirit every moment of every day. I pray I shall be a love sponge soaking up all Your goodness so I can love You back with the same love You show me. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. "The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands." ~Psalm 138:8 In this psalm, King David says, God will fulfill His purpose in my life, for His great love is with me forever. David was well aware that God would not leave Him nor desert the work of His hands.
God has a plan for your life. He made you with His hands in His never-ending eternal love and promised never to leave you. It is comforting to know that God has a special plan for each of us, a plan He has promised to fulfill. Sure, there are many challenges along life's journey, and occasionally we can lose our focus. But if we have given our lives to our loving God, we can rest in His promise to care for us and all the dreams we have hidden away in our hearts. David trusted the LORD to finish the work of his life, for the mercy of God lasts forever. May we all today have the same confidence in our God and Father. God will accomplish His purpose in you. His love endures forever! Prayer: Father, I thank You that You bring to pass every good plan You have for me because of Your great love and attention to every detail of my life. Help me to not lose heart on the days when I feel discouraged and perhaps derailed from the purposes You have for me. I trust Your timing, Father, to bring all things together for Your good in the end. I pray in Jesus' name. Amen. "Can a woman forget her sucking [nursing] child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee." ~Isaiah 49:15 The Bible says in 1 John 4:16, “God is love." He is the express image of all love that is conceivable. All divine love, according to 1 John 4, is from God: a father's love, a friend's love, a bridegroom's love, etc. In today’s promise, we see a feminine expression of God’s love.
This verse shows God asking a question: Can a mother forget the baby at her breast? How can she have no pity for the child she’s brought into the world? But God continues, even if she forgets you, I will not forget you! The following verse in Isaiah 49:16 continues with God telling us that He has engraved us on the palms of His hands. What a promise we have! No matter what happens in this life, no matter what kind of rejection we experience, even from our parents, God will not reject us! He loves us with the love of a father and the love of a mother too! He will never forget us! May the love of God overwhelm us today with every love we need. A father’s love, a mother’s love, the love of a friend, and the love of the Savior. May we learn to live in this love (1 John 4:16) more and more in all our remaining days. Prayer: Father, thank You for loving me with all kinds of love that I need when I need it. Open my eyes to Your abiding love today, especially in those areas of my life where I feel I need Your comforting, nurturing love, because even if my mother could forget me, You promise You never will. I pray in the name of Jesus, Amen. |
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