“Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father. 30. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31. Fear ye not therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.”
“Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control” (Joni Eareckson Tada, quoted from the Discovery devotional book written by David Jeremiah.) If you have never heard the text about the hairs of our heads being numbered, you haven’t been around many people who read the Bible. The loving care of God is a comforting thought, but it is much more than a comfort to us. I believe that it is a profound reminder to us, not only of God’s care, but of God’s awareness and of His power at work in our lives. This sort of verse reminds us of the intimacy that we have with God. There is nothing about our lives that is not important to God. Every worry that we have is of concern to our loving God. Every event that takes place in our lives is important to God. Every relationship that we have with other people is important to God, and when a relationship goes awry it is of concern to God. I think that we sometimes forget that God is only a prayer away twenty-four hours a day, every second, every minute, every hour. If we wake up at 3:00 a.m. with a worry on our minds, God is available to hear our prayer. A few nights ago I went to bed with a worry on my mind. When I laid the book that I was reading aside, turned off the light and turned over to go to sleep, I talked to God about that worry and went right to sleep. If God knows how many hairs I have on my head, He is aware of my worries and wants to give me peace either from them or in the midst of them. This short verse reminds us of the power of God at work in our lives. I have always heard that “knowledge is power.” This is usually said about the importance of getting an education, but in this case it means that God’s intimate knowledge of us means that His power is at work in our lives. It is the power of His grace that is always at work in our lives. I’m sure that you remember Paul’s concern about his “thorn in the flesh.” I don’t know what that thorn was. I read a book one time about the identification of that thorn and I still do not know what it was. I know that it was serious, because Paul asked the Lord to remove the thorn. Here are Paul’s own words from 2 Corinthians 12:8-9: “For this thing I besought the Lord thrice (three times), that it might depart from me. 9. And He said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest on me.” The Lord who knows the number of hairs on our heads also knows how to help us live through our “thorns in the flesh.” This short verse reminds us that we cannot hide anything from God. Abraham Lincoln famously said: “You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” We can add to that we can’t fool God anytime. There is no hiding place from the eternal eyes of God. He knows all of the things that we think we have done in secret. We can keep secrets from each other, but we can’t keep secrets from God at any time. The Bible reminds us that we will have to give account to God for every idle word that we use. We will also have to account to Him for all of the idle things that we did that were out of His will for our lives. This knowledge of God should be an inspiration for us to seek to follow His will for our lives every day. Thank God, that with His all-seeing eyes, God also has a forgiving heart and has promised to forgive us if we will seek His forgiveness. Rejoice in the fact that “the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” Bro. Joe
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Brenda Harrell
5/15/2014 11:27:37 pm
Enjoyed the blog. Still using my ink pen from you. Writes the best.
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