Are
not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet
none of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. –
Matthew 10:29
Sparrows are pretty insignificant in the kingdom of
feathered friends, yet it is amazing how they prominently fit into the language
of the Bible. Jesus often spoke of
sparrows, trying to help people understand that God takes note of them, and
that people are of greater value than the sparrows of the heaven.
The Lord said, “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet none of them will fall to the ground
apart from the will of your Father. And
even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than
many sparrows” (Matthew 10:29-31).
A lot of us can relate to the sparrows. We spent our lives
going from one paycheck to the next; digging out an existence. We flit from one task to the next, doing the
best we can with what we’ve got.
How beautiful that Jesus used the sparrow as an object lesson,
which teaches us that we may not soar with the eagles or strut with the
peacocks, but we are important to our Heavenly Father. Jesus put it like this: “Look at the birds of the air; they do not
sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet our heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not much more valuable
than they? Who of you by worrying can
add a single hour to His life?” (Matthew
6:26,27).
The next time you hear the chirp of a sparrow, or see one
hopping from limb to limb outside your window, remind yourself that his common
of birds, is important to our Heavenly Father.
So are you.
