Hello everyone! The passage for this week is Luke 12:6-7 which states, "Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows."
I am going to make three simple points about this well-known passage...
1. The Lord takes care of the sparrows. The Lord Jesus Christ begins by reminding His audience that a sparrow has very little value. According to Jesus, a sparrow is not even worth a penny! Yet, the amazing truth is that God remembers each sparrow! "Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will" (Matt 10:29). The Lord pays attention to every single sparrow!
2. The Lord will certainly take care of us. If the Lord takes care of every sparrow, and we are worth more than many sparrows, we can know with absolute certainty that He is going to take care of us! Jesus reveals that God is paying very close attention to every single one of us by revealing to us that God has each hair on our head numbered! He knows the tiniest details of our lives and He is concerned about every single detail of our lives! It is comforting to know that God will never let me fall to the ground apart from his will! The song says it well, "His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me!"
3. Do not be afraid! The Lord Jesus Christ gives his followers a clear command in this passage. DO NOT BE AFRAID. The harsh reality is that Christians often worry about the exact some stuff that everyone else worries about. That should not be the case! If we believe that God really is watching over us, and that He really is going to take care of us, we should not be afraid! We should have faith instead of fear.
I hope you have no worry, anxiety, or fear in your life. However, if you do I hope you will meditate on this little passage of Scripture (and even memorize it) until the fear is replaced by faith.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Hello everyone! I am back from a blog vacation that lasted about 1 month! I am going to do my best to post a blog on a weekly basis so keep your eyes open!
The passage of the week is Genesis 1:31 which states, "Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good." Today, I am going to quickly make two points about God's creation that should give you something to think about this week.
First, I want you to consider that all of God's creation was good! In the first chapter of the Bible the Lord declared that His original creation was very good. It is interesting to look at how many times the Lord uses this language in the first chapter of Genesis. Just consider...
- Genesis 1:4 ... God declares that the light is good.
- Genesis 1:12... God declares that the vegetation and the produce of the earth were good.
- Genesis 1;21... God declares that the birds and the sea creatures He made were good.
- Genesis 1:25... God declares that the land animals He created were good.
The bottom line is everything God made was good!
Second, I want you to consider that God blessed all of his creation. Just consider...
- Genesis 1:22... "God blessed" the birds and the sea creatures.
- Genesis 1:28... "God blessed" Adam and Eve.
- Genesis 2:3 ... "God blessed" the seventh day.
Summary: The fact that God made a "good" creation and "blessed" his creation and the creatures he had formed tells us that God is a good and loving God! The overwhelming lesson that jumps off the pages from the creation account is that God is good and that God's plan was to make a wonderful place and to give the creatures (man and animals) a wonderful existence. The creation story makes it obvious that God really does love and that God really is good! He wanted nothing but good for His world!
Tragically, we know that everything falls apart in Genesis 3 when Adam and Eve rebel against God. However, the good news is that God is in the process of "fixing" His creation! He sent Jesus to die for the sins of the world and to give men and women eternal life and a new (good) heart. We must never forget that God still loves us and He still wants nothing but good for us. Hebrews 13:8 states, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today,and forever." The good God who created everything is still a good God who is "fixing" everything and still wants to bless you! That is good news!
The passage of the week is Genesis 1:31 which states, "Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good." Today, I am going to quickly make two points about God's creation that should give you something to think about this week.
First, I want you to consider that all of God's creation was good! In the first chapter of the Bible the Lord declared that His original creation was very good. It is interesting to look at how many times the Lord uses this language in the first chapter of Genesis. Just consider...
- Genesis 1:4 ... God declares that the light is good.
- Genesis 1:12... God declares that the vegetation and the produce of the earth were good.
- Genesis 1;21... God declares that the birds and the sea creatures He made were good.
- Genesis 1:25... God declares that the land animals He created were good.
The bottom line is everything God made was good!
Second, I want you to consider that God blessed all of his creation. Just consider...
- Genesis 1:22... "God blessed" the birds and the sea creatures.
- Genesis 1:28... "God blessed" Adam and Eve.
- Genesis 2:3 ... "God blessed" the seventh day.
Summary: The fact that God made a "good" creation and "blessed" his creation and the creatures he had formed tells us that God is a good and loving God! The overwhelming lesson that jumps off the pages from the creation account is that God is good and that God's plan was to make a wonderful place and to give the creatures (man and animals) a wonderful existence. The creation story makes it obvious that God really does love and that God really is good! He wanted nothing but good for His world!
Tragically, we know that everything falls apart in Genesis 3 when Adam and Eve rebel against God. However, the good news is that God is in the process of "fixing" His creation! He sent Jesus to die for the sins of the world and to give men and women eternal life and a new (good) heart. We must never forget that God still loves us and He still wants nothing but good for us. Hebrews 13:8 states, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today,and forever." The good God who created everything is still a good God who is "fixing" everything and still wants to bless you! That is good news!
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