God has a special interest in all His creatures. The hymnwriter John Sammis stated it like this:
“He daily spreads a bounteous feat,
And at His table dine
The whole creation, man and beast,
And He’s a Friend of mine.”
The God of the infinitely great – the One who created this universe – is also the God of the infinitely small. How encouraging this is for the Christian!
It was early June and the city workers in Hamilton, Ontario, were trimming limbs from trees along the streets. In one of the limbs marked for cutting they found a nest of baby robins. The workers decided not to touch the limb but to leave the nest alone until the young birds had flown away. Later, after the nest was abandoned, they examined it and discovered in the bottom, soiled with dirt, a little scrap of paper. Apparently the adult robin had used it as part of their building materials. On the paper were printed the words, “We trust in the Lord our God.”
Now, we don’t know if the workers saw the remarkable significance of those words, but they were illustrating God’s goodness by their caring action. And just as they took special of those tiny robins, so God takes special care to protect us from dangers we cannot foresee. Indeed, we can “trust in the Lord.”
Our heavenly Father, who takes note of sparrows and robins, will most surely care for His own children. No wonder Jesus said, “Do not fear”! – Paul R. Van Gorder
I do not know, I cannot see
What God’s kind hand prepares for me,
But I do know that over all
Rules He who notes the sparrow’s fall. – Anon.
Trust in God is the perfect cure for fear.
- April 29, 1988, Our Daily Bread
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