Posted on 06/10/2025 12:09:19 AM PDT by metmom
“‘Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns,and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?’” (Matthew 6:26).
Many birds live in northern Galilee, and it’s likely some flew by as Jesus was teaching. As an object lesson, Jesus called attention to the fact that birds do not have intricate and involved processes for acquiring food.
Like every creature, birds receive their life from God. And He provides them with an abundance of food resources and the instinct to find those resources for themselves and their offspring. The Lord asked Job, “Who prepares for the raven its nourishment when its young cry to God?” (Job 38:41). The obvious answer is: God does.
If God is so careful to provide for such relatively insignificant creatures as birds, how much more will He take care of those He created in His own image and who have become His children through faith?
This doesn’t mean Jesus is suggesting that birds do nothing to feed themselves. But they never worry about where their next meal is going to come from. They gather food until they have enough, and then go about whatever other business they may have until time for the next meal.
Use this example of a bird’s worry-free life and adopt the same attitude for yourself.
Ask Yourself
It really is worth reiterating that birds don’t sit around waiting for their needs to be met. Keep your eye to an open window one morning, and you’ll see just how industrious they are. How does this help you understand Jesus’ words better? In what ways have laziness and other lacks of good character increased your worry quotient?
From Daily Readings from the Life of Christ, Vol. 1, John MacArthur. Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 60610, www.moodypublishers.com.
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What a sweet devotion. See busy robins after the rain falls, plucking at the ground for worms. Starlings fly in flocks, landing at a safe patch of ground to forage. Nature is wonderful. Father God provides.
His Eye Is On The Sparrow
Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav’n and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Refrain:
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
and I know He watches me.
“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
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Every day I see something happening, some insight, something with timing and degree that can only be miraculous, often many things, were my Savior or my Heavenly Father, or His Spirit, or his angelic host not present and active.
Then semsing, the tumbling out of thanks and praise cannot be prevented.p> I pray the sensing pf the same experiences to pour into you also!
Shalom!
I have a beautiful piano arrangement of “His Eye Is On The Sparrow’, and play it for offertory quite often.
The birds near me follow me as I mow the field and stir up a LOT of bugs!
beautiful song!
That’s cute.
(I’ve toured the kazoo factory in western NYS. Vacation doesn’t get any better than that!)
Dould not find it played or sung simply. Every want to ruin its natural artlessness. But glad if it elevates your jot in the Lord’s care and compassion.
My favorite vocal rendition of the song is on this album by Deborah Newton.
LOVE that song!
I enjoyed that, too, in NY. But here we have bears who will raid a bird feeder, so they can only go up when they’re hibernating.
We see plenty anyways.
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