Daily devotion – birds
Mat 6:26 “Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
Ever had an angry bird banging on your door demanding more bread crumbs? Or have you ever seen a bunch of birds picketing outside a school yard with signs demanding more crusts to be left…and chips?
No way! In my office I have a framed picture of a cartoon one of our granddaughters drew for me of angry birds holding up signs as such, and chirping their protests for more. It’s a picture that tells a great story.
Someone has written a little verse that goes:
“Said the robin to the sparrow,
I should really like to know,
Why these anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so.
Said the sparrow to the robin,
Friend, I think that it must be,
That they have no Heavenly Father
Such as cares for you and me.”
Jesus used the carefree attitude of the birds to underscore the fact that worrying is unnatural. “Look at the birds of the air…yet your Father feeds them”
If He cares such for tiny birds and frail flowers, why can’t we count on Him for every aspect of our lives? After all, God loves us so much that He sent His only Son into the world to save us.
You are that valuable to Him!