How often have our Lord's words about the sparrows comforted the hearts of His people!
Yes, dear Christian, "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.
There are certain things in God's Word which scientific persons declare cannot be true, because they cannot understand them. Here are two difficulties—not ONE sparrow is forgotten before God; ALL the hairs of the heads of God's children are numbered! Very charming "difficulties" are these.
Our heavenly Father loves us perfectly, and according to the infinitude of His own being. How can little creatures like men understand God? If we could understand Him with our natural powers, we should be as great as He! Our heavenly Father is infinite in love and power, and most delightful it is to know from the lips of His blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, what His love is.
The little birds of Palestine are called sparrows in our English Bibles, and as sparrows are our most common bird, and the least thought of and valued in our land, it is a very happy translation. We need to feel that the insignificant and the common things, as men speak, are those as to which the care of our heavenly Father is exercised.
Many of us are insignificant and commonplace! We should not be missed if we died—perhaps hardly more than a pebble we cast from the beach into the sea is missed from among the multitudes that form that shore. But the humblest and the poorest is the special object of our heavenly Father's care.
Our Lord bids us "Fear not" in the light of the gracious wisdom and care of our God. Perhaps, when all goes well, we do not sufficiently value His "FEAR NOT," but when trials arise, when illness is upon us, when, it may be, we lie powerless, then how comforting are His words! And how tenderly He assures our hearts! We are of VALUE in our heavenly Father's eyes.