YOU ARE VALUABLE TO GOD

Matthew 6:26 NKJV Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

As I sit writing this there’s a wood pigeon cooing his heart out above my window! He’s often to be seen strutting about drinking from the bird bath and paddling in it, enjoying the benefits of our garden! They say they have very little brains but you’ll never see a pigeon looking worried, perhaps it’s because they instinctively know if God is caring for the sparrows, He must be looking after them as well.😊

As I thought about that I realised God wants us to enjoy all His benefits as well because He values us so highly. Psalm 103 lists them all for us - He forgives our sins, heals all our diseases, delivers our lives from destruction, crowns us with loving kindness, renews our youth, and so on. It’s all there for you and me to enter into by faith.

1 Peter 5:7 says to cast all our cares on to Him, not to carry them around in our backpack weighing us down. God wants us to know, just like the sparrows, how much more we can trust Him to look after us, day in and day out, when we’re up and when we’re down, because He loves us. 

So as we go into this week, remember our big fat pigeon and know you are being cared for by the One who holds the universe in perfect orbit and He can hold your world together too.

Our week will go much better when we remember God says we’re very valuable and not only go and drink from the bird bath of Psalm 103, but paddle around in it till we’re renewed and refreshed.😊 Amen.

Matthew 10:29-31 NLT What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.

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