OUT from a tall tree in Karen's garden comes a little bird. Karen looks up from her tricycle ride to watch it fly away. If she had been able to peep among the leaves away up there, she would have seen a cozy little nest, sheltered from wind and weather, where the baby birds were at home.
Who taught the birds how to build just the right kind of nest in which to raise their young? God did. He wanted them to have a home, and so He gave them wisdom to make one without any hands. Have you ever thought how hard it would be to make a home if you had no hands?
He taught the foxes to make a home for themselves in the ground, by digging a hole, and making a little room underground for their fuzzy little babies.
He also gave men the wisdom to make homes for themselves, and we do it too. But shall I tell you something very strange? When God's own beloved Son came to earth He had nowhere to lay His bead. Do you wonder why? Because, dear reader, He was despisedl and rejected of men. Often He spent the night on the mountain. Once He said, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head." Luke 9:5858And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (Luke 9:58).
Of course God's Son had a home in heaven—a home so rich' and glorious that you could not begin to imagine it. Why then did He become so poor as to live in this world without even place to lay His head? I could never think of the answer if God Himself had not told us why. He wanted us to be rich with Him! He wanted us, even here, to be heirs of glory, and when our life on earth is over, to live in His heavenly home forever. He must therefore die on the cross, shedding His precious blood to put away our sins, or we could never be there. Who would not love such a Saviour as this!
Messages of the Love of God 6/22/1952